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Tea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 12/16/19
CALENDAR: The House will both back into session on Tuesday, and stay in session through Friday. The Senate will come back into session on Monday, and stay in session through Thursday. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back to work on Monday, and passed two bills under Suspension of the Rules. On…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 7/29/19
CALENDAR: The Senate will return on Monday, and will stay in session until Thursday. At that point, the Senate will join the House in an extended district work period. Neither chamber will return until September 9. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back to work on Tuesday and took up three…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 6/24/19
CALENDAR: The House and Senate will both return Monday and stay in session through Thursday. Then they will go home for a week for the Fourth of July recess, and the Senate will not return until Monday, July 8, while the House will not return until Tuesday, July 9. LAST TWO WEEKS ON THE HOUSE…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 6/10/19
CALENDAR: The House and Senate will both return Monday and stay in session through Thursday. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back to work on Monday evening and passed two bills under Suspension of the Rules. On Tuesday, the House passed the Rule for consideration of H.R. 6, the American Dream…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 5/20/19
CALENDAR: Both the House and the Senate will return Monday and stay in session through Thursday. LAST TWO WEEKS ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back to work on Tuesday, May 7, and passed three bills under Suspension of the Rules. The next day, they passed another two bills under Suspension of the…
Read MoreFox News: Dear Republicans: To end Senate Democrats’ obstruction, make them talk, make them work, make them vote
Speaker Newt Gingrich was fond of saying “The Democrats are our adversaries. The Senate is our enemy.” The Senate has long been a frustration to the impatient warriors for change. Its rules and culture are intentionally designed to be slow and deliberative, in contrast to the quick-moving partisan House. Today, Republicans have control over all…
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