The Tea Party movement and the national organizations claiming to represent it have repeatedly asserted the importance of limited government. A number of politicians were elected to Congress in 2010 by surfing atop the wave of Tea Party cries to protect the Constitution. Today, the commitment of those politicians to limited constitutional government was put [...]

What’s on the Tea Party’s agenda for the 112th Congress? In the 2010 congressional campaign season, two organizations (Tea Party Express and the self-appointed “Tea Party HQ” Freedomworks) made official endorsements. In a third source for identification of Tea Party members of Congress, Representative Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota formed a Tea Party Caucus last year, [...]

Although Representative Justin Amash was endorsed in 2010 by both Tea Party Express and the self-proclaimed “Tea Party HQ” FreedomWorks, he has not joined the Tea Party Caucus headed by Rep. Michele Bachmann. Instead (to no notice beyond the official registry of the Committee on House Administration), Rep. Amash has formed his own House Liberty [...]

Progressive protests opposing Republicans’ imbalanced fiscal policy are larger than Tea Party protests were in 2009.

Dennis Kucinich was asking liberals and conservatives to come together around bedrock American values – the values of the Bill of Rights.

More than just Michele Bachmann’s presidential ambitions may have been put at risk with the vote to renew the Patriot Act. The Republican majority in the House of Representatives may also have been sacrificed.

Date of Tea Party Town Hall media event in Washington, DC organized by Tea Party Express: February 8, 2011 Date of vote on H.R. 514, a bill to reauthorize provisions of the Patriot Act: February 8, 2011 Number of “tweets” published on Twitter by Tea Party Express on February 8, 2011: 22 Number these tweets [...]

The Tea Party movement says it is all about defending the Constitution of the United States. But the Tea Party Express twitter feed has nothing posted about the Patriot Act reauthorization that’s going on quietly but quickly in Congress starting today. If you have an account and can log into the Tea Party Nation website’s [...]

“Please don’t tell me I’m a Republican tool.” – Mark Williams, Tea Party Express, April 15 2010 “We can’t be just a Republican organization. We’ve got to be an influential force in both political parties. We have to reward some Democrats that have been willing to stand with us on the tough issues.” – Sal [...]

Tea Party activist Tim Curtis ran on a platform of expanding offshore drilling, ignoring global warming, and lowering taxes paid by the wealthy.