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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.
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.
Tea Party Patriots was a co-sponsor of the 9/12 March on Washington, [6] but refused to participate in the National Tea Party Convention. [7] Tea Party Patriots is most notable for organizing citizen opposition at the healthcare town hall meetings of 2009. [8] In 2010, Tea Party Patriots was among the 12 most influential groups in the Tea Party ...
The Tea Party brought the nation to the brink of a damaging, and clearly unpopular federal government shutdown. And the Tea Party has already announced a plan to end Medicare.
The Taxpayer March on Washington (also known as the 9/12 Tea Party) was a Tea Party protest march from Freedom Plaza to the United States Capitol held on September 12, 2009, in Washington, D.C. [1] [2] The event coincided with similar protests organized in various cities across the nation. [3]
The Tea Party Caucus (TPC) was a congressional caucus of the Republican Party in the United States House of Representatives, consisting of its most conservative members. [11] [12] It was founded in July 2010 by Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann in coordination with the Tea Party movement the year following the movement's 2009 creation.
[73] [74] A FOX News exit poll showed Tea Party support was a key part of Walker's win in 2012, just as it was in 2010. [75] In Atlanta, the Tea Party partnered with the NAACP and the Sierra Club to defeat the $7.2 billion Transportation Investment Act in June 2012. [76] The act had the support of both Democratic and Republican "establishment ...
The Tea Party Goes to Washington is a book by United States Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky. The book, co-written by radio host, columnist, and blogger Jack Hunter , [ 1 ] describes the Tea Party movement 's impact in the 2010 midterm elections in the United States, and ultimately their impact on the entire political system.