Republicans Hope to Reenergize Tea Party in Spending Fight

Posted on AllSides September 20th, 2021
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Tea Party, GOP, federal spending
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Sen. Todd Young warned the few dozen conservatives gathered this month in the basement of a sushi restaurant that their activism could be the only thing to stop Congress from spending trillions of dollars of tax money.

“You flooding the zone with your concerns will amplify for members just how serious they are,” the Indiana Republican said.

After Mr. Young’s remarks, his audience talked among themselves about school-board meetings and the state’s coronavirus rules. Government spending, said Dan Groves, a local libertarian leader at the event, “is important, but it’s...

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