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Tea party seeks another upset in Delaware's Senate primary …

September 3rd, 2010

Thanks to the tea party , Rep. Mike Castle’s once smooth path to Delaware’s Republican Senate nomination suddenly has become less predictable — and is providing a fresh reason for already staggering moderate Republicans everywhere to be frightened. … She vowed to “significantly reduce” the corporate income tax , permanently end the estate tax and push for a two-year tax holiday on capital gains, all aimed at prodding the private sector to invest more and create jobs. …

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LIAR Mitch McConnell — King of Republican 'Tax-Cut' Hypocrite …

August 28th, 2010

Mr. obstruction himself, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell thinks tax cuts don’t need to be paid for. Elsewhere, the 2008 GOP presidential candidate, “Maverick” John ‘McSAME’ McCain, has sold his soul to the Tea – Party of Arizona. …

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Redistributing Knowledge: Tea Party Activists Endorse Dino Rossi

August 23rd, 2010

The following is the text of a letter signed by Tea Party activists from around the state, endorsing Dino Rossi for U.S. Senate in the general election, and urging unity in support of his campaign: … Dino Rossi has signed the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge, and he has signed the grassroots Contract From America. He has been endorsed by Senator Tom Coburn and Senator Jim DeMint, two of the most fiscally conservative members of the U.S. Senate. …

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Jim DeMint Driving Tea Party To The Senate | Buzera

August 19th, 2010

“The number of senators who believe in the principles of freedom and have the courage of their convictions must be increased.” More on Tax Day Tea Parties . See the rest here: Jim DeMint Driving Tea Party To The Senate …

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Ken Buck Is Third Leg Of Tea Party Triumvirate

August 11th, 2010

Republicans on Tuesday night experienced the third leg of what is being pegged as the ” Tea Party Triple Crown” when local Attorney General Ken Buck pulled off an upset over former Lt. Gov Jane Norton in the Colorado Republican Senate primary. … An analysis of data from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation by Washington Post database specialist Dan Keating: In states that voted strongly Republican, people received an average of $1.50 back from the federal government for every …

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Global Climate Talks Troubled by U.S. Inaction

August 1st, 2010

Senate Delay of Bill to Cut Greenhouse Gases Fuels Mistrust of America’s Willingness to Address Critical Problem

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SPEAKER DEFENDS TROUBLED MAJORITY | latest-news | news

July 31st, 2010

But on the sensitive issue of extending middle-class tax cuts set to expire in December, Pelosi has yielded the initiative to the Senate and the White House. “The Senate is supposed to go first on this, and the president will be taking …

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Andy Ostroy: Run, Sharron, Run! Harry Reid's Tea Party Challenger …

July 23rd, 2010

It’s hard to imagine how Angle can recover from this sort of constant public humiliation. Outside of her teeny Tea Party constituency, she’s giving mainstream Republicans and independents absolutely no reason to vote for her. … her Republican primary over a month ago that Nevada Senate candidate and Tea Party darling Sharron Angle invited the press to one of her speeches. At a local business Thursday she spoke for three minutes about her pledge to repeal the estate tax . …

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Comprehensive Energy Bill Dies in Senate

July 22nd, 2010

Senate Democrats Give up on Plans to Pass Bill to Cap Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Citing Republican Opposition

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Ball, Murphy, pistol permits, tax caps and Tea Party | Politics on …

July 22nd, 2010

Consider this a round-up of items from the race for the 40th state Senate District, the one where Assemblyman Greg Ball and Somers Supervisor Mary Beth Murphy.

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Ad Campaign for Joe Miller by Tea Party Express Ramps Up by: admin …

July 22nd, 2010

The Tea Party Express (website: www.TeaPartyExpress.org) is pleased to release the first four radio ads being run on Alaska radio stations supporting Joe Miller for US Senate, in his campaign to defeat incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski: … Raise personal income tax rates but only on those making $250000 or more; Raise personal income tax rates but only on those making $500000 a year or more; Raise business income tax rates across the board; Cut Medicare expenditures through …

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Big Tea Party news… « Gretawire

July 19th, 2010

Congressional Republicans likely will make the same argument as they ask voters to maintain the party’s majorities in the House and Senate in the November elections. “ Tax cuts left nearly $1.1 trillion in the hands of American workers …

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(R) Cam Cavasso Speaks Out! Running for HI US Senate « Hawaii TEA …

July 18th, 2010

Enter the Tea Party movement. Americans united by common sense and patriotism, have joined together to stop the madness in our nation’s Capital. There is no more significant or effective blow to be struck against the controlling political … As the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee he controls how our tax dollars are spent—literally, the buck stops with him. However, through his earmarks and other support for federal spending, he has not hesitated to shower …

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Could Nevada's Sharron Angle be the Tea Party Rebellion's Patton …

July 17th, 2010

Tea party darling Angle engineered a come-from-behind victory in Nevada over an establishment-preferred candidate and will challenge Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in November. … “When the bullying failed, the Nevada Supreme Court, in a spectacular abuse of the constitution, allowed the tax hike to go through without the two-thirds vote. The justices decreed that the money was needed for the schools and that the right to an adequate education took precedence over a …

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Spencer, Ia Tea Party Patriots Blog » Cap and tax will not die!

July 16th, 2010

Cap and tax will not die! Here it comes again. Harry Reid’s comments explains it all. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Tuesday he had assembled a “rough draft” of an energy bill and would aim to bring the legislation to the …

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Cedra Crenshaw, Black Tea Party Candidate, Alleges Racism In …

July 15th, 2010

Tax Day Tea Parties . A black candidate for Illinois State Senate has made national news claiming that racism was behind a challenge to her candidacy. Cedra Crenshaw, an accountant and self-described “mom versus the machi. …

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TaxingTennessee: National Tea Party News Headlines for Thursday …

July 15th, 2010

Residents show up to oppose proposed tax hike (GA) http://www.romenews-tribune.com/view/full_story/8748455/article-Residents-show-up-to-oppose-proposed- tax -hike. Rand Paul hopes for ‘ Tea Party Caucus’ in Senate …

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Paul Akers: A Lean, Keen, Tax Cutting Machine | Tea Party SCV

July 13th, 2010

Don’t miss this edition of Tea Party Coast to Coast. Stephen Green talks with Washington entrepreneur and US Senate candidate Paul Akers, who has signed the.

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Republicans' Senate Hopes Ride with the Tea Party « Finance Blog

July 12th, 2010

The House voted 409 to 5 in favor of extending the tax homebuyers credit for closing mortgages. The Senate can approve the measure in the next 24 hours, and with Presidential ratification, it’s possible that no contracts fall through …

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Meet the Pro-Tax Candidate for Minnesota Governor – and he's not …

July 12th, 2010

Tea Party backing the wrong candidate? From Eric Dondero: In a stunning role reversal, the Colorado Republican candidate for US Senate, viewed as the more moderate of the two primary candidates, is siding with Tom Tancredo. …

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PJTV – Tea Party TV – Paul Akers: A Lean, Keen, Tax Cutting Machine

July 12th, 2010

Don’t miss this edition of Tea Party Coast to Coast. Stephen Green talks with Washington entrepreneur and US Senate candidate Paul Akers, who has signed the Contract from America. A student of “lean thinking,” Akers thinks that “we the …

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Robert Kuttner: Question for the Tea Party: Why the Free Ride for …

July 12th, 2010

The always wily Scott Brown of Massachusetts threatened to withhold his vote until the House and Senate leaders agreed to scrap a $19 billion tax on large banks. He voted for the senate bill, but now Brown is warning that he may vote against the final bill anyway. … Among the Democrats, Wisconsin’s Russ Feingold, suddenly in a tight re-election race against a self-financed Tea Party millionaire, has vowed to vote against the bill because it’s not tough enough. …

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AlaskaDispatch.com: Why Is It The Mother Of All Tea Parties Can't …

July 10th, 2010

We’re talking here about the Alaskan Independence Party — the Tea Party before there was a Tea Party . Alaska Dispatch asked Tea Party -endorsed, Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller about this just before the Fourth of July weekend. … abolishing property tax , how does stuff get paid for? The rights for Alaskans to have first dibs on govt lands, so do they become state parks or turned over to trillionairs with the money to buy them? …

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BrothersJudd Blog: YOU MEAN THE TAX-HIKING, SS-SAVING, AMNESTY …

July 3rd, 2010

On four occasions, Graham met with Tea Party groups. The first, in his Senate office, was “very, very contentious,” he recalled. During a later meeting, in Charleston, Graham said he challenged them: “ ‘What do you want to do? …

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Motor City Liberal: Centrist Republicans deny bowing to tea party …

July 2nd, 2010

Senate Democratic leaders, stung by their recent inability to gain the filibuster-proof majority needed to pass financial reform or an extension of unemployment benefits, have begun blaming tea party influence for intimidating … The last- minute reluctance of Snowe, Collins, and Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts to vote for financial regulation reform that they had previously supported — citing their opposition to a provision for a tax on banks to pay for the new …

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Politics 101 – Episode 5_part 2 – Tea Party HD TeaParty.TV «Vote …

June 30th, 2010

Politics 101 – Episode 5_part 2 – Tea Party HD TeaParty.TV. Tea Party HD – Politics 10 reviews energy tax , interviews with Joe The Plumber endorsing Lou Ann Zelenik and Mike Lee for US Senate. …

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Tax Day Tea Party Speech | Mike Lee for U.S. Senate | Tax …

June 29th, 2010

In this video, US Senate candidate Mike Lee gives a speech during the tax day Tea Party rally at the Utah State Capitol. For more information, please visit.

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Tax Day Tea Party Speech | Mike Lee for US Senate | Asp.NETer

June 25th, 2010

In this video, US Senate candidate Mike Lee gives a speech during the tax day Tea Party rally at the Utah State Capitol. For more information, please visit www.mikelee2010.com MikeLee is a scholar and passionate defender of the …

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`It takes action': Tea party backers explain their journey from …

June 20th, 2010

It is the kind of action that helped tea party favorite Sharron Angle capture the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Nevada, now challenging Majority Leader Harry Reid. And that helped tea party darlings Raul Labrador in …. But he now sees the life he’s built and the future of his daughter and grandson being threatened by ” tax -and-spend” leaders who can’t do as he has always believed: Live within your means. As he said in Searchlight: “I’m concerned about the …

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Enraged to engaged: Tea party backers explain why | Washington …

June 19th, 2010

It is the kind of action that helped tea party favorite Sharron Angle come from behind in the polls to capture the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Nevada, challenging Majority Leader Harry Reid. And the kind that helped tea party ….. Warner now sees the life he’s built and the future of his daughter and grandson being threatened by ” tax -and-spend” leaders who can’t do as he has always believed: Live within your means. But it’s not just about his individual …

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Marketplace Today Blog – Johnson postpones tea party sessions

June 17th, 2010

U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson’s courtship of tea party groups took another twist as he postponed question-and-answer sessions with two organizations this week after a skeptical reception from constitutional conservatives in Jefferson County. … Johnson didn’t take a stance on the constitutionality of the income tax system, but on taxes, Johnson said: “If you could eliminate the IRS that would be a wonderful thing, but is it practical, I don’t know. …

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Playground Politics: Tea Party freaks as Johnson gets gun "chai …

June 17th, 2010

Tea Party freaks as Johnson gets gun “chai” on constitutional issues. And here you thought the beverage jokes had to end with Dick Leinenkugel’s departure. Silly. So it turns out that the teabaggers might be a little miffed because their golden boy for U.S. Senate … Johnson didn’t take a stance on the constitutionality of the income tax system, but on taxes, Johnson said: “If you could eliminate the IRS that would be a wonderful thing, but is it practical, I don’t know. …

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Sharron Angle Quit Republican Party At Height Of Reagan Years, Was …

June 16th, 2010

WASHINGTON — Nevada Senate nominee Sharron Angle, a tea party favorite who describes herself as a conservative’s conservative, left the Republican Party at the height of the Reagan revolution and became a Democrat for at least several years , … Janine Hansen, a sister of the founder who sits on the party’s national committee, said Angle was a member in the 1990s. Later, when Angle was a legislator, Hansen said she worked with her on education and tax issues. …

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'Tea Party' Loses Steam As Its Members Squabble

June 12th, 2010

Tax Day Tea Parties . The polls hadn’t even closed Tuesday when ” tea party ” activists in Nevada started sniping at one another over whether Sharron Angle, the soon-to-be Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, was the best can. …

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Ketchikan Tea Party: Congress Bows to the EPA

June 12th, 2010

The 53 profiles in cowardice that could not get a cap-and- tax bill through the U.S. Senate voted Thursday to let the Environmental Protection Agency keep the unprecedented power Congress did not expressly give it. … The Ketchikan Tea Party Patriots are a community committed to standing together – shoulder to shoulder – to preserve our liberty and Constitutional rights by promoting limited government, fiscal responsibility, and free market capitalism. …

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McConnell says he has bipartisan backing to block energy legislation

June 10th, 2010

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has “total confidence” he can defeat the Senate energy bill with bipartisan support. Read more…

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BEEZERNOTES » Blog Archive » A Tea Party Candidate I Can Like …

June 10th, 2010

Economist and financier Warren Mosler bills himself as a “ Tea Party Independent” candidate for the US Senate seat soon to be vacated by Sen. Warren Dodd, a multi term veteran, political insider and chairman of the powerful Senate Banking … Declare an Immediate ‘Payroll Tax Holiday’ — The U.S. Treasury will no longer deduct FICA, Medicare and other Federal payroll tax deductions from your paychecks, resulting in an immediate increase in take-home pay of roughly $650 per …

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Video – CNBC

June 9th, 2010

Tea Party Tax Lessons. Previous Video: BP Too Big to Fail? Next Video: Role of the Government in BP Oil Spill. Airtime: ET. Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, (R-CA) Senate candidate discusses her primary win. Add this share icon …

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Action Alert! Call/Email Now | Alabama Tea Party Express

June 9th, 2010

Last night was an exciting night for those of us watching the primaries! This shows how successful effective Tea Party Chapters around the country can be. … … This is the Senate version of Cap and Trade and we need to stop this as it will be the largest tax increase in history if it passes: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s1733/show. Senators to Call (vote Yes on SR 26 and NO on Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act). Scott Brown (MA): (202) 224-4543 …

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Action Alert | South Florida Tea Party

June 9th, 2010

This is the Senate version of Cap and Trade and we need to stop this as it will be the largest tax increase in history if it passes: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s1733/show …. Copywrite 2009-2010 South Florida Tea Party , Inc. South Florida Tea Party is a 501(c)4 lobbying organization which neither supports nor opposes candidates for public office and claims no responsibility for the actions of individuals or groups of individuals who use the South Florida Tea …

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Tea Party Looks to Unseat Reid | FrumForum

June 8th, 2010

If Sharron Angle wins the GOP Senate primary for Nevada (which looks likely), it will be a significant victory for the Tea Party movement. Angle had her political debut at the April 15th Tax Day rallies in Washington D.C. On that day …

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The Tea Party War on Common Sense | Politics

June 7th, 2010

The Tea Party War on Common Sense. After he won the late Ted Kennedy’s seat and broke the Democrats’ lock on the Senate, Scott Brown was hailed a hero by his backers in the anti- tax tea party movement. But that was then.

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Sarah Palin Snubs Lisa Murkowski, Endorses Tea Party Challenger …

June 2nd, 2010

The latest and most dramatic endorsement came on Wednesday, when Palin took to her Facebook page to announce her support for Joe Miller — an Alaska Tea Party candidate who failed to win a state Senate seat — in his effort to unseat U.S. Sen. …. SP: It is not in our religious constitutional commandments and also it is a liberal secret society of liberals who use our tax payer money for their liberal causes. It is where those liberals get together and meet and think of …

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Jim DeMint: Moving the Republican Brand to the Right « Kingwood …

June 2nd, 2010

But this cycle, Jim DeMint is a prophet. “I think for most Republicans in the Senate the Tea Party is viewed as a threat; to me it’s the cavalry I’ve been waiting for,” DeMint says with a laugh. CLICK HERE to read the entire article. …. . ..that the cost of tea including the dreaded tax was actually lower than the price previously paid by the colonists because of a deal England made with the East India Company? It was the PRINCIPLE that mattered! …

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Republican Senate Hopes Riding On The Tea Party

May 30th, 2010

2010 Elections · Tax Day Tea Parties . WASHINGTON — In Kentucky, the Republican Senate candidate stumbles over a question on racial segregation. In Connecticut, the party’s hopes rest on an executive who banked millions on female …

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CONGRESS VIOLATING 'PAYGO' LEGISLATION | latest-news | news

May 28th, 2010

The House is expected to vote Wednesday on a package of extensions in government aid to unemployed Americans, Medicaid funding for states, and tax breaks that will add $134 billion to the $1.4 trillion deficit. The Senate is expected to vote this … Fri May 28 @08:00AM – 08:00PM Portage County TEA Party PAC Flower & Vegetable Plant Sale. Tue Jun 01 @08:00PM – Shalersville township meeting. Fri Jun 04 @06:30PM – Portage County TEA Party PAC Fundraiser & Silent Auction …

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North Carolina To Pay Late Fees? « Asheville Tea Party

May 27th, 2010

This is the second year in a row that North Carolina has been slow to issue tax refunds. Berger, a Republican and the Senate minority party leader, wants the legislature to pass a law [SB1366] that would require the state to pay a 10 …

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Tea party candidate is Nevada hopeful on the rise | NewsReal Blog

May 27th, 2010

by Michael R. Blood. Sharron Angle wants to wipe out Social Security, shutter the Education Department and return to the days almost a century ago when the federal income tax was unconstitutional. A tea party conservative testing the limits of anti-government sentiment, she’s also the Republican on the rise in an unpredictable race to pick an opponent for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a top Democrat in Washington who’s in trouble at home. Read the full article. …

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Clarence Page: The tea party war on common sense | Political …

May 27th, 2010

Ah, Scotty, the tea party hardly knew ye. After he won the late Ted Kennedy’s seat and broke the Democrats’ lock on the U.S. Senate, Scott Brown was hailed a hero by his backers in the anti- tax tea party movement. But that was then. …

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Friendly Atheist by @hemantsblog » South Dakota's Tea Party …

May 24th, 2010

One of the candidates is Gordon Howie, the Tea Party candidate. He doesn’t have the most money, but he thinks he still has a fighting chance: Of the five GOP candidates for governor, the two with all the money are Lt. Gov. Dennis Daugaard and Senate Majority Leader Dave Knudson. … Of course, that would be illegal, since they are tax -exempt and are therefore not allowed to endorse one candidate over another… but Howie just ignores all that “Constitution” stuff: …

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