Should Congress Have a Tea Party Caucus?

By U.S. News Staff

July 21, 2010 RSS Feed Print

This week Minnesota GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann formed a Tea Party Caucus with the aim of promoting "Americans' call for fiscal responsibility, adherence to the Constitution and limited government." This morning saw the inaugural meeting of the caucus--caucuses are semi-official member organizations that do not receive money but can utilize congressional resources--and its members include Reps. Mike Pence, Pete Sessions, and Joe Barton. The caucus presents a conundrum for Republicans who may want to tap into the Tea Party's energy and momentum, but who may not want to be associated with the movement's fringe elements.

What do you think? Is bringing the Tea Party officially into the halls of government an effective way to give voice to its causes? Or will it drive the GOP into the fringe? Take our poll and post your thoughts below.

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Who cares...I'm more interested in the Democrats trying to get re-elected by not telling us how great Obamcare will be for the voters...By the way I found a website that give you prizes for your opinions and 4 play games here is the topic about this:

http://opinion.ezwingame.com/topics/will-the-tea-party-take-over-congress

paty of FL 1:39PM September 13, 2010

True, our system of government does not work well with three major political parties. At least, in the past third parties either over take another or die out.

A third party would help keep the other two honest. Well, ideally it should act as a balancer. For such an ideal to work, the third party would have to be extremely moderate and constantly looking for ways to compromise. I don't think the Tea Party fits the bill. True, some of their values I agree with such as a smaller central government and less taxes. However, the Republican Party claims to want the same things. If the Tea Party should grow into a third major party, I predict it will quickly devour and consume the GOP mainly because their beliefs and values are very similar.

Patrick of KY 4:54PM July 21, 2010

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