Tea Party Patriots Update: Congress - We are watching you.

This came in over the e-mail tansom from Stan Meckler

Grassroots Slams Tax Compromise, Praises Halt to Pork-Laden Omnibus

Nevada County, CA - Today, the Tea Party Patriots warned Congress they are watching and following their votes closely, including last night's passage of the 'tax compromise' which violates tea party principles. The organization, that includes more than 3,000 locally affiliated groups around the country, launched a petition earlier this week (http://notaxcompromise.com/) denouncing the compromise forged in secret by the Obama Administration and Republican Leadership in Congress.

Tea Party Patriots, however, praised the efforts of grassroots Americans for helping stop the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill in the Senate when Harry Reid was forced to pull the bill and concede defeat. Among other outrages, the bill included $1.4 billion in earmarks for Senators who won't be coming back in the new Congress because they retired or were defeated.

"Our members are outraged as our representatives continue to ignore the message
we sent on Election Day," said Stan Meckler of The Nevada County Tea Party Patriots "We are watching how they vote, and they will be held accountable."

"Last night, Republicans in Congress caved to the President and abandoned the principles upon which they were elected-and we will not forget," said Jenny Beth Martin, National Coordinator of Tea Party Patriots. "The plan was negotiated without the consultation of newly-elected Members of Congress or the American people and violated several components of the Republican's Pledge to America.'"

"Old guard politicians will not give up easily, and Reid hoped to ram $1.1 trillion dollars of pork laden spending down the throats of an angry populace by holding Christmas hostage," said Mark Meckler, National Coordinator of Tea Party Patriots. "It appears that no trick is too low for this career politician, and he's more than willing to play Grinch. But the Congress received a flood of phone calls, emails and faxes, and were turned away from the Christmas madness by the reason of the people. "But we must not rest. There is more madness to come, and they are just waiting for us to go to sleep. We will be vigilant and we will be watching!"

Tea Party Patriots is a national grassroots coalition with more than 3,000 locally organized chapters and more than 15 million supporters nationwide. Tea Party Patriots is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting the principles of fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited government, and free markets.

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