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The Tea Party has incorporated various conservative internal factions of the Republican Party to become a major force within the party. [139] [140] Tea Party candidates were less successful in the 2012 election, winning four of 16 Senate races contested, and losing approximately 20% of the seats in the House that had been gained in 2010.
Hecker told The New York Times, "Hundreds of thousands of people voted for their favorite principles online to create the Contract as an open-sourced platform for the Tea Party movement. The agenda had the imprint of everyday citizens every step of the way (in the online voting process)."
The Tea Party Movement, founded in 2009, is an American political movement that advocates strict adherence to the United States Constitution, [1] reduced U.S. government spending and taxes, [2] [3] and reduction of the U.S. national debt and federal budget deficit.
The following American politicians were affiliated with the Tea Party movement, which was generally considered to be conservative, libertarian-leaning, [1] and populist. [2] [3] [4] The Tea Party movement advocated for reducing the U.S. national debt and federal budget deficit by reducing federal government spending and taxes.
On Saturday evening in my native New York City, I attended a dinner party at which the topic of globalization dominated the cocktail period. The consensus among the couples in attendance was that ...
Debbie Dooley is a "prominent Georgia conservative activist" [1] and one of the original founders of the Tea Party movement in the United States. She is known for her advocacy for rooftop solar power which she sees as an issue of personal power versus corporate energy monopolies.
America is experiencing an authoritarian crisis at the hands of Donald Trump and the Tea Party. It's up to us to defend our multiracial democracy. I didn't take Tea Party, Trump seriously.
In 2002, the CSE designed its tea party movement website, though the movement did not take off until 2009. [1] In 2003, Dick Armey became the chairman of CSE after retiring from Congress. [ 2 ] In 2004, Citizens for a Sound Economy split into two new organizations, with Citizens for a Sound Economy being renamed as FreedomWorks , and Citizens ...