It's that time again....time for Lobby Day at the General Assembly in Richmond. It's on Monday, January 19th, so if you're working, you should request the day off ASAP. [column col="3/4"]And NOW is the time for you to have influence on the legislation that will impact Virginia. NOW is when you can do more than shake [...]
Wishing you the best for you and your friends and family on this special day. No white Christmas for those of us in central Virginia, but there's always next year! Speak with you soon! -Your Richmond Tea Party Team
Rep. Forbes hosted the John Fredericks Show on 12/17 defending his vote on the 'Cromnibus' spending monstrosity that also fully funded Obamacare. You can listen to his comments below. As expected, Congressman Forbes appears to be using threats to military funding to justify his vote. Translation: continue to kick the can down the road, because 'now [...]
While we were engaged in other efforts, we totally missed noting when the federal debt crossed over into $18 TRILLION. I'm not sure how we observe this...perhaps with some funeral dirge? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYB3yyu0UrQ http://www.usdebtclock.org/
Just as we all knew, an upcoming congressional report is reported to confirm that the IRS was targeting tea party-type groups for greater scrutiny and had plans for increased denials. Even though our initial lawsuit was tossed, this isn't over yet. Nothing gets me in the Christmas spirit like knowing that my government was leveraging its [...]
For those of you joining the Chester Patriots for the protest Friday in Chesapeake, below are some event details. From the Chester Patriots: _________________ Make your voices heard! On Friday, December 19, we will travel to the Chesapeake office of Randy Forbes and the Virginia Beach office of Scott Rigell to voice our disagreement with [...]
Reminder: Meeting this Thursday - This is the last meeting before the next General Assembly session, so you won't want to miss it!
On December 2, 2014, former Stafford County Board of Supervisor Chair Susan Stimpson announced her candidacy (see Susan Stimpson Launches Campaign for House of Delegates) for the 28th District of the House of Delegates. She will most likely be challenging current incumbent Delegate and Speaker of the House Bill Howell in a June Republican primary next year [...]
"He threw us under the Cromnibus" On Saturday December 13th, several RTP supporters joined the Chester Patriots for a protest march to the office of Congressman Randy Forbes. Depending on location and time, there were between 35-45 people in attendance on that beautiful Saturday afternoon. By now, many of you have learned that Rep Forbes [...]
RTP family: Please support the Chester Patriots tomorrow (Saturday) at 1:00 PM and attend a protest March at the Chesterfield office of Representative Randy Forbes. As many of you know, last night Randy voted to PASS the monstrous "Cromnibus" spending bill which includes funding for amnesty. He chose to split from the other Virginia congressmen [...]
Call Congress Now Tell your representative to vote NO on the rule governing debate on amendments RTP supporters: Many of you are aware of the amnesty issue and how President Obama illegally seized the power to take executive actions on amnesty by exercising power that his office does not hold. This is a direct assault on [...]
Most of you are probably aware that the House Oversight Committee called Johnathan Gruber and Marilyn Tavenner to testify today about the tactics used to construct support for the Patient Protection and Afforable Care Act (Obamacare). Gruber was caught on video several times essentially admitting that the government deceived the American public on the expected [...]
