Posts Tagged ‘spending’
Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Weekly Report from Washington for 6/4/18
CALENDAR: The Senate returns on Monday, and the House returns on Tuesday. The Senate will likely finish its work on Thursday, because that’s a full workweek in the Senate, and the House is scheduled to stay in session through Friday afternoon. TWO WEEKS AGO ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House returned to work on Monday,…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Calls President Trump’s Rescissions Package “Good First Step,” Calls for Balanced Budget in 5 Years
Atlanta, GA – Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Chairman Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today in response to Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) introducing President Trump’s rescissions package in the U.S. Senate. “Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund thanks Senator Mike Lee for introducing President Trump’s rescissions package in the Senate. While we firmly believe…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Weekly Report from Washington for 4/16/18
CALENDAR: Both the House and the Senate will return Monday and stay in session through Thursday. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back to work last Tuesday, and passed two bills under Suspension of the Rules. On Wednesday, the House passed two bills – H.R. 4061, the Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement…
Read MoreJenny Beth’s Journal: House GOP should create and pass a rescission package
To make up for the passage of the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill, House Republicans are planning to pass a balanced budget amendment that would actually make things even worse. While their goal is to demonstrate fiscal responsibility — one of the main reasons why House Republicans hold the majority in the first place —…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Blasts Reported Congressional Budget Deal
Atlanta, GA – Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Chairman Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today, responding to reports that Congress is close to a 2 year budget deal. “When will our so-called ‘Republican leaders’ ever learn to stick by their promises and previous statements? Republicans in Congress should step away from Chuck Schumer’s…
Read MoreYes, the Democrats will be at fault for a possible shutdown
The government runs out of money at the end of this week and lawmakers are trying to come up with a short-term spending bill to prevent a government shutdown. Democrats, however, would allow the government to shutdown unless the spending deal includes a resolution on the expiring, illegal Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program…
Read MoreJenny Beth’s Journal: GOP faces challenges with a weak leadership this holiday season
The GOP needs to strategize on how to deal with its leadership yielding to Democrats’ demands. If the omnibus spending package comes to President Trump’s desk with more items favorable to Democrats, then the GOP has failed to achieve its 2017 goal. The Hill has Jenny Beth Martin’s commentary: Let’s be clear. Voters express their…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Citizens Fund: Budget Passage Paves Way for Simpler, Flatter, Fairer Tax Code
Atlanta, GA – Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Chairman Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today, reacting to the House of Representatives passing the Senate budget and paving the way for a tax reform bill. “Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund applauds House Republicans for passing the Senate Budget to pave the way for a tax reform…
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 MoreState Dept. wants more taxpayer money to cover FOIA requests from Clinton email scandal
Hillary Clinton’s emails aren’t just a hot topic this election season—they’re a taxpayer expense thanks to an extra flood of Freedom of Information Act requests that has the State Department scrambling. In the wake of controversy over Clinton’s private email server, State Department officials have asked for a major increase in their record-keeping budget. The Washington…
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