It appears the Speaker of the House has decided she does not have enough votes, so Nancy Pelosi has decided to pull the Health Care bill from consideration: Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she lacks the votes to move the Senate's bill through the House and to Obama's desk. Under a plan backed by [...]
After watching Scott Brown win in Massachusetts, Senator Webb feels that the Senator leaders should put a hold on any more votes on health care - until Senator-elect Brown is seated. Responding to the Republican victory in Massachusetts, Senator Jim Webb, Democrat of Virginia, is calling on Senate leaders to suspend any votes on the [...]
We believe the saying goes something like this "The best defense is a good offense". With that in mind, it appears that Tea party activists around the country have decided it isn't enough to fight the establishment: The Tea Party movement ignited a year ago, fueled by anti-establishment anger. Now, Tea Party activists are trying [...]
As more states move to consider or enact laws that "Just Say No" to federal mandates, is 2010 they year of the 10th amendment? Michael Boldin founder of the Tenth Amendment Center may thinks so: "Already, over a dozen states are considering laws or state constitutional amendments that would effectively ban, or nullify, any proposed [...]
Tea Party movements across the country feel that the GOP may be ignoring the movement or at least delaying until the republican organization can figure out how to deal with the Tea Parties: "I have called into the RNC many times, and they still haven't called me back," said Dale Robertson, head of TeaParty.org, which [...]
Today those of us in the Tea Party movement experienced a moment in history as 2,300 people descended on the State Capitol, according to Capitol Police, in support of 10th Amendment legislation. The largest rally at the State Capitol in recent history, people came from all over the state by car, bus and caravan. The [...]
Up to now Mr. Warner was talking about all of the cost savings that will come from the health care legislation. With the anger against this bill growing, it appears to us as if the good senator is looking for cover: Five Democratic senators urged the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, on Thursday [...]
All of us volunteers here at RTP hope to see you all at the 10th Amendment Rally in less than 11 hours! We will start at 10am at the State Capitol Bell Tower. We have over 1,200 confirmed just through Richmond Tea Party. We are expecting 2-3K there and hope you are coming! We are [...]
The Tea Party Patriots in the 5th Congressional District (which is Perriello's district) are making some noise this weekend that they are not happy with the candidate that the GOP Establishment and Beltway crowd are supporting, State Senator Robert Hurt. They have managed to get their concerns outlined in a Washington Post Article today. It [...]
Richmond Tea Party gets full op-ed in the Richmond Times Dispatch today! We are totally excited! See here: For years the United States government has been expanding its power, gradually creating a top-down structure in which it rules over the states. This is the exact opposite of how our "We the People" republic was originally [...]
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” – United States Constitution, 10th Amendment The response to our tenth amendment lobbying day and rally at the State Capitol on Monday, January 18th (Martin Luther King, [...]
Fighting for 10th Amendment legislation