30 results for tag: economic growth

Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Weekly Report from Washington for 2/26/18

CALENDAR: Both the House and the Senate will return from their Presidents’ Day recess today. The House will be in session through tomorrow, but the Senate will stay in session until Thursday. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House was in recess last week. THIS WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House will return today, with the first vote set for 6:30 PM. At that time, the House will try to consider seven bills under Suspension of the Rules. On Tuesday, the House will consider another bill under Suspension of the Rules, and then will consider two other bills – H.R. 4296, to place requirements on operational risk capital requirements ...

Democrats’ fear-mongering tax reform tactics have backfired

After weeks of Democrats – like Nancy Pelosi – falsely claiming President Trump’s tax reforms are little more than “crumbs” and “scraps” for the American people, more recent polling in February show hard-working Americans are discovering they aren’t telling the truth. After millions of workers noticed a bump in their income, a majority of Americans now support President Trump’s tax reform plan. Townhall has the details: This is about as clean a political win as you're going to see these days, so Republicans are absolutely right to be pressing their advantage.  They've earned it.  They withstood weeks of withering and punishing ...

What to expect from President Trump’s ‘State of the Union’ address

President Trump will give his first ‘State of the Union’ address tonight, touting the GOP’s accomplishments and how Trump’s policies are building a safe, strong and proud America. We expect Trump’s speech will resonate with our tea party values and will give the American people hope in the new year. The president is likely to discuss five key issues and how the administration plans to handle these issues: 1. Jobs and the Economy President Trump is expected to talk about newly passed tax reform and the benefits it already has and will continue to have on Americans and American businesses. Trump will also talk about the administration’s ...

Manufacturers agree with President Trump: Tax reform is “rocket fuel” for the economy

President Trump’s historic tax plan has provided manufacturers with the ability to hire more workers and put more money back into the pockets of manufacturing workers. Real Clear Politics has the details: In the NAM’s latest quarterly Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey of our members, most respondents felt confident that tax reform would grow their businesses and help their workers. Sixty-three percent said comprehensive business tax reform would encourage their companies to spend more on their facilities and equipment, and 58 percent said they would expand their businesses. In addition, 54 percent said they would hire more workers, and ...

Thanks to President Trump’s tax reform, the Gig-economy is booming

There are nearly 24 million hard-working Americans who participate in the “gig economy," including Uber drivers, web designers, and contractor janitors. These are some of the smallest of small businesses and beginning next year, they will see large reductions in their taxable income thanks to President Trump’s historical tax reform. The National Review has the details: The media did such fine work, they actually persuaded the vast majority of Americans of a total fiction. According to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, more than 80 percent of American voters believe they will not get a tax cut as a result of the legislation. The reality is ...

Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Congratulates U.S. Senate for Passing Tax Reform

Atlanta, GA – Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Chairman Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement reacting to the U.S. Senate passing the tax reform conference report. “Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund congratulates the U.S. Senate for delivering on the promise to pass a comprehensive tax reform plan that will leave us with a tax code that is flatter, fairer and simpler while allowing the American people to keep more of their hard-earned money. We are thankful the Senate pushed to include repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate in tax reform. It will lift a huge burden from American families and we hope it will set us on a path to ...

Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Congratulates U.S. House for Passing Tax Reform

Atlanta, GA – Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Chairman Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement reacting to the U.S. House of Representatives passing the tax reform conference report. “Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund congratulates the House of Representatives for delivering on the promise to pass tax reform that allows the American people to keep more of their hard-earned money and reforming our tax code to be flatter, fairer, and simpler. We appreciate that the House was willing to amend their version of tax reform to include repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate, which will lift a huge burden from the American people and ...

The Best Christmas Gift of 2017: Tax Reform

The GOP’s tax reform plan is the Christmas gift that we’ve all been waiting for and could be the gift that keeps giving. It has the potential to bring historic tax cuts, more money in our pockets and a brighter future for our families and our country. President Trump has tirelessly pushed for Congress to craft tax cuts that will put people back to work, raise wages and make “Made in the U.S.A.” a reality once again. The Washington Examiner has the details: The new tax code will cut income taxes for just about everyone, including a yearly tax break for the average middle-class family of up to $2,000. The standard deduction will double to ...

Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Weekly Report from Washington for 12/18/17

CALENDAR: The House will return Monday, and stay in session through Thursday. The Senate will also return Monday, and stay in session through Thursday. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back into session last Monday evening, and passed two bills under Suspension of the Rules. On Tuesday, the House took up and passed H.R. 3971, the Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act, by a vote of 294-129. On Wednesday, the House took up and passed H.R. 1638, the Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency Act, by a vote of 289-135. On Thursday, the House took up and passed H.R. 2396, the Privacy Notification Technical Clarification ...

Key changes in the tax reform conference report

Senate Finance and House Ways and Means staffers worked through the weekend last weekend to produce draft discussion documents. By the time the conference met officially on Wednesday at 2 PM, the negotiators had already wrapped up their agreement. For the most part, the conference report measure looks like the Senate bill. That’s not surprising, given that there’s less room for error in passing the final bill through the Senate – the more the conference report looks like the bill that passed the Senate, the better its chances of passage in the upper chamber. That’s not to say there were no changes from the Senate bill. There were. The ...