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Progressive health care advocates release ad on tea party, 2012ers

By | 09.22.11 | 7:06 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

A progressive health care advocacy group released a new ad Thursday that questions the reaction of tea party members at a Florida presidential debate and wonders if the 2012 candidates will take a stand against such extremes.

Bachmann has not been endorsed by anyone in Congress

By | 09.22.11 | 2:47 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann hasn’t received any endorsements from fellow members of Congress, according to a list put together by Roll Call.

Bachmann’s campaign has been struggling since her win at the Iowa Straw Poll in August, largely sunk by a series of gaffes. Though Bachmann isn’t the More…

Bachmann picks up seasoned GOP operative to run Iowa media operations

By | 09.22.11 | 10:58 am | More from The Iowa Independent

The presidential campaigns of U.S. Reps. Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul have announced additional support in the Hawkeye State.

Pearson making good on anti-GOP-incumbent promise

By | 09.21.11 | 5:49 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Although some in GOP politics have called her actions “divisive,” freshman lawmaker and tea party favorite Kim Pearson is only making good on a promise.

Fla. state senate president promises chamber will pass immigration bill

By | 09.21.11 | 10:06 am | More from The Florida Independent

The Miami-Dade County Commission on Tuesday approved a resolution urging the Florida Legislature to not pass any immigration legislation in 2012. The same day, state Senate President Mike Haridopolis said his chamber would pass the same immigration bill it passed in the 2011 session.

The resolution approved in More…

Conservative group plans protest in support of Alabama immigration law

By | 09.20.11 | 4:30 pm

An Alabama-based tea party group will rally in Hoover, Ala., Tuesday evening in support of H.B. 56, the state’s new immigration enforcement law.

Texas tea party groups call on Perry, again, to call special session on immigration

By | 09.19.11 | 10:46 am

As the Texas Legislature’s special session drew to a close in late June, Dallas-area tea party leader Katrina Pierson stood inside the nearly empty House chambers and delivered a message to a network of tea party activists around the state: with just a few days left to tighten Texas’ immigration More…

Tea party, conservative groups call on Congress to reject E-Verify

By | 09.16.11 | 2:57 pm

Image by: Matt MahurinAn open letter from leaders of the groups Take Back Washington, Tea Party Nation, Downsize DC, GOProud, the D.C. Tea Party and other conservative groups calls on members of Congress to reject the Legal Workforce Act, a bill sponsored by U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) that would More…

Florida GOP Senate candidate’s ‘good friend’ is fighting ‘Stealth Jihad’

By | 09.16.11 | 11:14 am | More from The Florida Independent

In his campaign for the GOP nomination in the race to unseat Sen. Bill Nelson, Adam Hasner has been positioning himself as a tea party favorite on a slew of issues, but none seem as close to his heart as his More…

Colorado Rep. DeGette fights GOP ‘big government’ anti-abortion gambit

By | 09.13.11 | 4:30 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

In a new chapter of the often topsy-turvy story of the Tea Party era, Colorado Democratic US Rep Diana DeGette this week finds herself championing local government rights against Republican efforts to expand federal power. DeGette on Wednesday urged House and Senate appropriations committees staffers to reject legislative stipulations that More…