Posts Tagged ‘big government’
Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 9/11/17
CALENDAR: The Senate will return on Monday, September 11. The House has canceled its planned votes for Monday because of Hurricane Irma, and won’t vote again until Tuesday. The House will stay in session through Thursday, and the Senate will stay in session through Friday. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House returned…
Read MoreNew audit: $37 million in benefit payments sent to deceased veterans
A recent audit found the Social Security Administration made $37 million of retirement and disability payments to roughly 750 veterans who were already dead, resulting in millions of taxpayer dollars going to waste. The Inspector General for the agency said, in most instances, the Department of Veteran Affairs failed to send death information to the…
Read MoreMr. President, Do NOT Give Congress a $2 TRILLION Blank Check!
With Congress returning to Washington next week after a month off, reports indicate that certain members of the Trump Administration want to raise the debt ceiling without passing critically necessary spending reforms or including items vital to our national security. In fact, reports indicate the outlines of a deal already in the works: a $2 trillion increase…
Read MoreHHS: Nearly 50% of U.S. Counties Only Have 1 Health Insurance Option Under ObamaCare
ObamaCare is failing to deliver on one of the core promises made by the Obama Administration – choice between a wide variety of health insurance options. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, nearly 50% of U.S. counties have been reduced to just one option for health insurance under ObamaCare. The Washington Examiner…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 8/28/17
CALENDAR: The House and Senate have both left for their August recess, and will not return until Tuesday, September 5. DEBT CEILING: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has advised Congress that he will reach the limit of his ability to use what he calls “extraordinary measures” – what regular people call “smoke and mirrors” – to…
Read MoreJenny Beth’s Journal: White House needs to use the ‘bully pulpit’ to make the case for border wall funding
According to reports, Reince Priebus, John Kelly, Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, pushed for the president to strike a deal with Congress offering 800,000 illegal immigrants, known as “dreamers,” protection in exchange for legislation funding a border wall. Jenny Beth argues that President Trump should not break one major campaign promise to implement…
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