Tea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 10/21/19

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 last Tuesday, and passed two bills under Suspension of the Rules. On Wednesday, the House passed the Rule governing consideration of H.R. 1815, the SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act,…

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Tea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 8/12/19

CALENDAR: The House and Senate are both in recess, and will not return until September 9. BORDER SECURITY/IMMIGRATION: Just a few hours ago, the Trump Administration released the final version of a rule that will make it easier for the government to ensure that immigrants seeking to enter and stay in the United States, either…

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Democrats’ Ridiculous Impeachment Efforts

Once again, Democrats are trying to revive talks on impeaching President Trump. After the Mueller testimony a few weeks ago ended up being predictably anti-climactic, the Democrats remain unsatisfied with the results. Democrats are doing what they do best: despising President Trump and spending time and resources to find any reason to get him out…

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Tea Party Patriots Action strongly opposes the budget-busting Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019

On behalf of the three million members and supporters of Tea Party Patriots Action, we strongly oppose H.R. 3877, the budget-busting Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019, and we urge all members of the House and Senate to vote AGAINST the bill. Eight years ago this summer, Congress enacted the Budget Control Act of 2011. That…

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Tea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 7/15/19

CALENDAR: The House and Senate will both return on Monday, and stay in session through Thursday.   LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back to work last Tuesday and took up and passed three bills under Suspension of the Rules. One of those bills was H.R. 1044, the so-called “Fairness for High-Skilled…

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Federal lawmakers shouldn’t impose arbitrary minimum-wage standards

Minimum-wage standards have long been a polarizing topic in political debates, with conservatives and liberals often pigeonholed into their separate camps on the issue. But it’s more complicated than that. Some Democrats on Capitol Hill are stumping for an arbitrary increase to the federal-minimum wage. More reasonable people, however, know that what works in one…

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