Clarification of Tea Party Patriots’ Position on Graham-Cassidy

Atlanta, GA – “Earlier today, Tea Party Patriots released a statement of support for the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson legislation regarding ObamaCare. Some have mistakenly interpreted a line explaining how we arrived at our position to claim that Tea Party Patriots opposes the legislation. This interpretation is wrong, and I want to make it clear – Tea Party Patriots…

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Obamacare Repeal: Understanding the Graham-Cassidy Bill

The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that Republicans can only repeal ObamaCare with a 51-vote majority until September 30. After that, the reconciliation vehicle that allows them to avoid a Democrat filibuster will expire. Consequently, some Republican Senators – led by Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy – are pushing very hard for one last vote. Yesterday,…Read More

Sherriff: California’s ‘sanctuary state’ bill would only protect criminals

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Legislation turning California into a ‘sanctuary state,’ rather than having a cluster of ‘sanctuary cities,’ is gaining opposition from the sheriffs in the state. If signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown, sheriffs will be unable to work with immigration agents to protect citizens against criminal illegal immigrants and to enforce the law. The Associated…

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Senators to Congress: Stop the IRS from rehiring tax cheats!

Two Republicans senators said in a letter that it’s time to strengthen laws after the IRS rehired former employees involved in misconduct such as falsifying documents or using unauthorized access to taxpayers’ information. In their letter, Senators Richard Burr of North Carolina and Michael B. Enzi of Wyoming asked the Appropriations Committee panel that oversees…

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New audit: $37 million in benefit payments sent to deceased veterans

A recent audit found the Social Security Administration made $37 million of retirement and disability payments to roughly 750 veterans who were already dead, resulting in millions of taxpayer dollars going to waste. The Inspector General for the agency said, in most instances, the Department of Veteran Affairs failed to send death information to the…

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