22 results for tag: Tea Party
Tea Party Patriots Reacts to Settlement of Lawsuit Against IRS for Targeting of Tea Party Groups
Atlanta, GA – Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today, reacting to the settlement of a class action lawsuit filed against the IRS for its targeting of Tea Party Patriots as well as hundreds of other organizations.
"Tea Party Patriots is pleased to learn of the settlement of the class action lawsuit filed against the IRS for its targeting of our organization and hundreds more like ours. The attorneys for the plaintiffs have not yet formally notified us, so we are not aware of the precise terms of the settlement.
"We want to thank those attorneys who have fought for all of us these past 4 1/2 years, ...
Former Sen. Rick Santorum: Repeal bill gets rid of Obamacare inequities
Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) joined Tea Party Patriots Co-Founder Jenny Beth Martin Wednesday to discuss Obamacare-repeal legislation that would shift health-insurance funding from a federal level to a more local level via block grants to the states that governors would then have to administer.
“What does this bill do? No. 1: It cuts taxes. No.2: It cuts spending. No. 3: It reduces the deficit. No. 4: It applies the Tenth Amendment and gets the money out of Washington and sends it to the states,” says Santorum during the Facebook Live interview.
Santorum earlier this week – along with Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), ...