IRS corrects earlier estimate, says taxpayers shelled out $1.7 billion in Obamacare penalties in 2014

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Internal Revenue Service data show 8 million American taxpayers coughed up nearly $1.7 billion in penalties for not purchasing Obamacare in 2014, a $200 million increase from earlier penalty estimates from 2014. The Washington Free Beacon has the scoop: “Beginning in 2014, the Affordable Care Act required that individuals must have had health care coverage,…

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Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 9/25/16

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CALENDAR: The House will return on Monday, with first votes scheduled for 6:30 PM. They are scheduled to stay in town through whenever they get their work done – which means, whenever they pass a Continuing Resolution. The Senate will come back on Monday and return to consideration of H.R. 5325, the vehicle for the…

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President Obama: Regulator in chief

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President Obama in his almost eight years in office has upped the number of major regulations 31 percent over his predecessor George W. Bush adding more than $750 billion in overall costs to business and citizens and nearly 500 million more hours of paperwork, according to recent analysis. The Washington Examiner has the details: Businesses…

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Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 9/18/16

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CALENDAR: The House will return on Tuesday, with first votes scheduled for 6:30 PM. They are scheduled to stay in town through Friday, with no votes after 3 PM. The Senate will return on Monday, with the first vote scheduled for 5:30 PM on a motion to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed to…

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Impeach John Koskinen: Call and Tweet

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A a significant number of House Republicans are trying to let the IRS get off scot-free after the ongoing and systematic targeting of conservative and tea party groups under the Obama administration. We need to melt the phone lines right now and tell them it’s time to hold the IRS accountable and impeach IRS Commissioner…Read More

Rep. Fleming: IRS commissioner’s actions ‘warrant impeachment, trial and removal…’

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Member of the House Freedom Caucus Rep. John Fleming (R-La.) Tuesday said the actions of President Obama’s IRS Commissioner John Koskinen “warrant impeachment, trial and removal from office” for the role the commissioner played in covering up the IRS scandal that targeted Americans for their political beliefs and introduced under a privileged motion a resolution…Read More