Tea Party Congress

Tea Party Reps Reap Benefits Of Big Bank Bailouts

Bloomberg | Heidi Przybyla and Phil Mattingly | Posted 04.30.2012

Tea Party favorites such as Stephen Fincher of Tennessee were swept into Congress on a wave of anger over government-funded bailouts of banks. Now ...

Allen West: House GOP Leadership 'Sold Us Down The Road'

Posted 01.06.2012

Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) on Friday claimed that Republican leadership had sold the party "down the road" by agreeing to a two-month deal to extend the...

Walsh Says Ex-Wife Is Lying About Child Support Payments

Posted 12.12.2011

Tea Party-affiliated U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) has already described claims of his owing more than $115,000 in back child support payments as "wild...

Tea Party Faces Tough Reality In Washington As New Session Begins

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Welcome to Washington, tea partiers. Now that they're freshmen in a GOP-run House, the political movement's candidates are running...

The Tea Party: Delusional

Edward Flattau | Posted 05.25.2011

Edward Flattau

Tea Party followers rail about the deluge of government spending, but you don't hear many of them volunteering to dispense with their Social Security or Medicare benefits.

Tea with the Lobby

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

Jeff Danziger

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Oops! Tea Party Group Posts DOZENS Of Elected Republicans' Personal Info

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

A prominent Tea Party group is hoping to ensure that recently elected GOP representatives aren't transformed by their newfound Capitol Hill influence,...

The Most Outrageous March 16 Tea Party Protest Signs (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Tea Party members descended on Washington on Tuesday to protest Democratic-led health care proposals -- legislation that even some Tea Party leaders ...

March 16 Tea Party Protests In Washington: The Final Anti-Health Care March

Posted 05.25.2011

Tea Party activists "will storm Capitol Hill this morning, spending the day rallying and protesting against President Obama's health-care bill and dem...