Posts Tagged ‘economy’
Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 10/1/17
CALENDAR: The House will return Monday, and will stay in session through Thursday. The Senate will also return Monday, and will also stay in session through Thursday. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back last Monday and took up H.R. 3823, the Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension Act, under…
Read MoreJenny Beth’s Journal: The GOP’s tax reform proposal is just what America needs
President Trump and Republicans in Congress released a tax reform framework that experts say will simplify the system, lower Americans’ taxes and generate significant economic growth. How could one proposal accomplish so many important things? Jenny Beth explains in her column for the Hill: On the corporate side, it proposes to slash the rate from…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots: Tax Reform Framework Will Lead to “Simpler, Flatter and Fairer” Tax System
Atlanta, GA – Tea Party Patriots President and co-founder Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today, reacting to the tax reform framework released by the White House and Congressional Republicans. “Tea Party Patriots and our network of grassroots activists are excited by the framework President Trump and Republicans in Congress have released for top-to-bottom…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 9/25/17
CALENDAR: The House will return today, with the first votes held at 6:30, and will stay in session through Thursday, with the last votes scheduled for 3 PM. The Senate will return today, and is scheduled to stay in session through Friday. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House was in recess last…
Read MoreThe ‘American Dream’: No longer a ‘dream’ for small businesses
Small business owners across the country are struggling and many feel that struggle is due to our high tax rates and our outdated and needlessly complex tax code. Many small businesses pay a federal marginal tax rate of 40 percent, which places small business at a drastic disadvantage compared to foreign competitors. As a result,…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 9/18/17
CALENDAR: The House is in recess this week, and will return on Monday, September 25. They will stay in session through Thursday, September 28. The Senate will return today for a short week, and will stay in session through Wednesday. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House returned on Tuesday and passed a bill…
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