Last night, by a vote of 62-37, H.R. 1314, the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) or fast-track bill, passed through the Senate. (Note: the Senate used a House-passed tax bill as the vehicle for moving the bill because TPA is under the jurisdiction of House Ways and Means Committee, but the bill has NOT passed the House yet.)
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Tight budgets at the Department of Defense in recent years have led to a shrinking force and fewer opportunities for Americans to serve. So why are some in Congress using a must-pass bill to enlist illegal aliens?
Continue reading →Update: While the Senate’s attention is still on the Iran deal, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took the first procedural step towards a vote on granting fast-track authority (TPA) to President Obama. There could be a vote to proceed to TPA as early as next week.
Continue reading →As Congress weighs granting President Obama more power through Trade Promotion Authority (TPA, also called fast-track), Eagle Forum has been warning about its risks. Now Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is listing his top five concerns with TPA:
Continue reading →Your elected representatives in the House and Senate need to hear from you. Last week, the House of Representatives and the Senate marked up their versions of the Fast Track bill that paves the way for President Obama to close the trade deal he has been negotiating over the last 6 years.
Continue reading →Congress is currently striking a deal that will cede more U.S. sovereignty to international authorities and send more American jobs overseas. This week, the House of Representatives and the Senate will each mark up their versions of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015, otherwise known as Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) or Fast Track Authority. This authority will be the last hurdle for the President to clear before finalizing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) – a deal he has been negotiating in secret over the last six years.
Continue reading →The lawsuit filed by 26 states against President Obama’s executive amnesty is now working its way through the federal court system. A judge in Texas has already blocked the amnesty’s implementation while he considers the case.
Continue reading →Last week, the House and Senate passed their budget resolutions. The Senate also voted on numerous amendments to their budget resolution. Eagle Forum scored several concerned with Common Core, UN treaties, and energy taxes.
Continue reading →We Need people to testify and to fill the room as warm bodies. If you plan to testify show up by 8:30 a.m. to sign up and plan to speak for no more than 3 minutes. Wear a paper badge that says Stop the COS Con.
Continue reading →Republican Senate leadership is ready to throw in the towel on fighting President Obama’s executive amnesty. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants to yank the House-passed bill that defunds amnesty while fully funding the Department of Homeland Security and replace it with a “clean” bill that omits the defunding language.
Continue reading →Funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) runs out next Friday, February 27th. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is still trying to get Democrats to end their filibuster and vote to begin debate on the bill. As we explained here, the Senate has voted three times to proceed to the bill, but Democrats (and Senator Dean Heller (R-NV)) have blocked it.
Continue reading →UPDATE: Today, Wednesday, February 4th, the Senate again voted on cloture on the motion to proceed to debate H.R. 240, the House-passed bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). All Democrats and Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) once more defeated cloture by a vote of 53-47 (60 votes needed to proceed).
Continue reading →Earlier today, the U.S. Senate failed to proceed to debate on the House-passed Homeland Security appropriations bill that defunds President Obama’s amnesties. Senate Democrats and Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) decided that they would rather shut down the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) than have a debate on the president’s executive actions.
Continue reading →TODAY (Tuesday) at 2:30 p.m., the Senate will vote to begin debating a bill passed by the House of Representatives (H.R. 240) that funds the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) while defunding President Obama’s unconstitutional executive amnesty and winding down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Continue reading →Next week, the Senate is expected to vote on funding the Department of Homeland Security. It will consider the bill passed by the House of Representatives that funds the department while defunding President Obama’s unconstitutional executive amnesty and winding down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The Senate must follow the House’s lead.
Continue reading →Next Thursday, Jan. 22, will mark the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the infamous Supreme Court case that legalized abortion. Thousands will travel to Washington D.C. to participate in the annual March for Life. The House of Representatives will also mark the occasion this year with a vote on H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, supported by an overwhelming majority of the Republican conference.
Continue reading →Tomorrow morning, Wednesday, January 14th, the House of Representatives will take up H.R. 240, which would fund the Department of Homeland Security. As you remember, Republican leadership decided in December that a “CROmnibus” would be the most effective strategy in stopping President Obama’s unilateral, illegal action on immigration. While passing the majority of the funding for the government, they placed appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security into a short-term bill that expires in February in hopes of defunding the President’s amnesty with a Republican-controlled Congress.
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