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Tea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 10/15/19
CALENDAR: The House and Senate will both return today, and stay in session until Friday. THIS WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House will return Tuesday, with the first votes set for 6:30 PM. At that time, the House is scheduled to take up eight bills under Suspension of the Rules. On Wednesday, and for…
Read MoreRaising the Minimum Wage Hurts the Restaurant Industry
Democrats have been increasingly obsessed with raising the minimum wage in recent years. They sometimes try to slide it in with all of their “climate change” proposals, which are really just socialistic policies wrapped with a bow. But raising the minimum wage will have very real and drastic consequences for small business owners, especially restaurants.…
Read MoreThe Sky is Not Falling, The Economy is Booming
Democrats are pouncing on the recent economic indicators insinuating a recession and using those indicators to blame President Trump and scare the average American consumer. Some Democrats are going as far as to “root” for a recession just to see President Trump fail. The recession obsession is being inflated; all recent economic numbers indicate that a recession…
Read MorePoll: Majority of Americans Want Less Federal Spending
Both chambers passed a measure that would add $320 billion to our national debt and would suspend the $22 trillion national debt ceiling. Not only are conservative lawmakers in Congress outraged, but a majority of Americans are as well. A recent poll revealed 56 percent of respondents agreed that “cutting government spending is better for…
Read MoreFederal 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…
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…
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