After weeks of temporary fixes and political battling, Congress is preparing for a government shutdown over the national budget. What is preventing Republicans and Democrats from finding common ground? It could be the Tea Party, which is planning a rally for Thursday at the Capitol to call on Republican leadership to make no compromises on spending. Takeaway Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich has more about this continuing standoff and the implications of a shutdown.
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Tea Party :) strange name for political movement.
The tea party won't last
I, for one, am very happy that the Tea Party is sticking to doing what is right. I don't know how anybody can really say that piling on debt for the future to pay is the right thing to do. Sure it is EASY to do, after all those in the future who will have to pay for it do not actually have a vote now, but it is not the moral thing to do.
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