Posts Tagged ‘National Debt’
Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Calls for Fully Funding Military and Veterans Services During Schumer Shutdown
Atlanta, GA – Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Chairman Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today, calling for full funding of military personnel and veterans services during the Schumer Shutdown. “Now that Senate Democrats have forced a Schumer Shutdown in an attempt to give amnesty to illegal immigrants, we need to ensure our military…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Statement on the Schumer Shutdown
Atlanta, GA — Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Chairman Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement, reacting to Senate Democrats’ decision to block a bill to keep the federal government open. “When Americans elected Donald Trump president in 2016, they did so in part because of his promises to put America First and to secure our borders.…
Read MoreCEI Report: CFPB’s Structure is Unconstitutional and the Agency Actually Harms Consumers
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the controversial agency created at the behest of Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and her far-left allies, is structured in an unconstitutional manner and despite it’s name and stated mission, actually serves to harm the very consumers it claims to protect according to a new study released by the Competitive…
Read MoreTea 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 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 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…
Read MoreTea 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 MoreWill Republicans Fight For Their Voters? Or Will They Cave?
By Jenny Beth Martin There is a conservative majority that voted to put Republicans in power. When the act of voting is divorced from the conduct of governing, voters begin to ask, what is the point of voting? These conservative voters gave Republicans control of a unified government – at least in name…but the policies…
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 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…
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