http://www.deseretnews.com/home/ Tea Party en-us Copyright 2013, Deseret News Publishing Company Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 MDT Thu, 23 May 2013 12:18:10 MDT Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765628669/NRA-official-at-annual-convention-Culture-war-more-than-gun-rights.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765628669/NRA-official-at-annual-convention-Culture-war-more-than-gun-rights.html Fresh off a huge victory over President Barack Obama on gun control, the message from the National Rifle Association is... Fri, 03 May 2013 11:25:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765628133/GOP-faces-Senate-recruitment-woes-in-key-states.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765628133/GOP-faces-Senate-recruitment-woes-in-key-states.html Republicans are struggling to recruit strong U.S. Senate candidates in states where the party has the best chances to reclaim... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:04:52 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865578925/FAA-delays-fiscal-gridlock-2-John-Dillinger-wouldnt-like-these-hard-times.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865578925/FAA-delays-fiscal-gridlock-2-John-Dillinger-wouldnt-like-these-hard-times.html This is not the second Great Depression. It's much more complicated than that. Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765627531/Will-Utah-parties-change-how-they-pick-candidates.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765627531/Will-Utah-parties-change-how-they-pick-candidates.html It seems the world spins out of control, with cataclysmic events occurring far beyond our feeble minds to comprehend. We'll... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765627226/Paul-says-he-is-considering-2016-presidential-bid.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765627226/Paul-says-he-is-considering-2016-presidential-bid.html Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, popular with conservatives and libertarians in the GOP, said Wednesday he is... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:47:13 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765627018/Gov-Perry-calls-for-16B-in-business-tax-cuts-in-Texas.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765627018/Gov-Perry-calls-for-16B-in-business-tax-cuts-in-Texas.html Gov. Rick Perry is backing $1.6 billion in business tax cuts, even though he concedes it may mean tapping Texas'... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:07:09 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626826/Tea-party-one-of-few-groups-willing-to-take-a-stand-keep-promises.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626826/Tea-party-one-of-few-groups-willing-to-take-a-stand-keep-promises.html Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626701/Budding-bipartisanship-gives-rise-to-optimism-in-Senate.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626701/Budding-bipartisanship-gives-rise-to-optimism-in-Senate.html The cherry blossoms are in bloom in Washington this week. Is long-absent bipartisanship on Capitol Hill flowering as well? Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:20:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865577853/Orrin-Hatch-Mike-Lee-and-shaping-tomorrows-Supreme-Court.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865577853/Orrin-Hatch-Mike-Lee-and-shaping-tomorrows-Supreme-Court.html The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a confirmation hearing that experts envision having long-lasting consequences. Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:35:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626236/The-NRA-is-winning-the-battle-over-gun-control.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765626236/The-NRA-is-winning-the-battle-over-gun-control.html President Barack Obama pleaded with Congress last week to remember the victims of December's schoolhouse shootings in... Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625848/Doug-Mainwaring-Im-gay-and-I-oppose-same-sex-marriage.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625848/Doug-Mainwaring-Im-gay-and-I-oppose-same-sex-marriage.html Doug Mainwaring, a homosexual man and co-founder of the National Capital Tea Party Patriots, published a piece about why he... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625672/Drone-industry-worries-about-privacy-backlash.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625672/Drone-industry-worries-about-privacy-backlash.html It's a good bet that in the not-so-distant future aerial drones will be part of Americans' everyday lives, performing... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:33:16 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625552/GOP-ponders-long-list-of-names-policies-for-2016.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625552/GOP-ponders-long-list-of-names-policies-for-2016.html The Republican Party's search for a way back to presidential success is drawing a striking array of personalities and policy... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:05:07 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625540/Virginias-experiment-Can-hard-right-ideology-win-in-a-5050-state.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625540/Virginias-experiment-Can-hard-right-ideology-win-in-a-5050-state.html Virginia is conducting nothing short of a grand political experiment in 2013, testing whether a tea party favorite can carry... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:57:57 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625152/Women-and-visas-Many-optimistic-of-possible-comprehensive-immigration-reform.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765625152/Women-and-visas-Many-optimistic-of-possible-comprehensive-immigration-reform.html "If you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you." Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765624732/Appropriators-practice-art-of-compromise.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765624732/Appropriators-practice-art-of-compromise.html She's an outspoken feminist and former social worker. He's a cigar-smoking Kentucky lawyer. Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:30:47 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765623703/GOP-members-must-embrace-immigration-reform.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765623703/GOP-members-must-embrace-immigration-reform.html The wake-up call Republicans received last Election Day has the party and some of its more popular and strident leaders... Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765623702/Should-we-be-angry-about-this-sequestration-business.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765623702/Should-we-be-angry-about-this-sequestration-business.html The dreaded sequestration budget cuts are happening. Should we be angry at the Utah congressional delegation for not doing... Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765622670/Jason-Chaffetz-other-unyielding-GOP-politicians-doing-what-voters-ask.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765622670/Jason-Chaffetz-other-unyielding-GOP-politicians-doing-what-voters-ask.html U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz flew home from Washington last week, leaving behind a capital baffled by Republicans like him in... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:53:49 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865572963/Gunning-for-economic-growth-Capitol-preps-for-State-of-the-Union.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865572963/Gunning-for-economic-growth-Capitol-preps-for-State-of-the-Union.html With Syria and Mali in flames, the economy still fragile and gun control debates raging, President Obama's State of the Union... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:25:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765622432/GOP-to-label-Obama-agenda-big-government.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765622432/GOP-to-label-Obama-agenda-big-government.html Republicans intend to cast President Barack Obama's second-term agenda as more "big government" and offer a series of steps... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 07:04:50 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765622332/What-is-the-future-of-the-tea-party.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765622332/What-is-the-future-of-the-tea-party.html Question of the month: Is the party over? The tea party, that is. It began in 2009 as a spontaneous movement with no formal... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765621620/What-politicos-are-saying-and-what-they-really-mean.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765621620/What-politicos-are-saying-and-what-they-really-mean.html We've entered that dark, dreary, clammy period of the year. And that's just inside the Capitol. Yes, Utah's 104 citizen... Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765620123/Hatchs-radicals-harmful.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765620123/Hatchs-radicals-harmful.html Sen. Orrin Hatch said the GOP is in risk due to the extreme right ("Utah GOP may end up being 'dominated by radicals,' Hatch... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765619450/Talk-of-GOP-primaries-follows-fiscal-cliff-vote.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765619450/Talk-of-GOP-primaries-follows-fiscal-cliff-vote.html Republicans in Congress who took the politically risky step of voting to raise taxes now find themselves trying to fend off... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 09:49:44 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765618029/APNewsBreak-Haley-to-announce-DeMints-successor.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765618029/APNewsBreak-Haley-to-announce-DeMints-successor.html South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley planned to announce Monday a replacement for tea party favorite U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint. Mon, 17 Dec 2012 06:34:57 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617004/Tea-Party-group-chief-quits-cites-internal-split.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617004/Tea-Party-group-chief-quits-cites-internal-split.html Eased out with an $8 million payout provided by an influential GOP fundraiser, former Republican House Majority Leader Dick... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:15:56 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765616386/New-Congress-Fewer-moderates-make-deals-harder.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765616386/New-Congress-Fewer-moderates-make-deals-harder.html When the next Congress cranks up in January, there will be more women, many new faces and 11 fewer tea party-backed House... Sun, 25 Nov 2012 14:53:57 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765615790/If-problems-arent-challenged-we-might-have-had-last-fair-election.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765615790/If-problems-arent-challenged-we-might-have-had-last-fair-election.html Sun, 18 Nov 2012 00:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765615262/GOP-in-trouble-as-party-of-no.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765615262/GOP-in-trouble-as-party-of-no.html I hope the tea party is happy with the national election results. Their party of "no" got them the results they deserve. The... Sun, 11 Nov 2012 00:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765613596/Indiana-Senate-candidate-Mourdock-criticized-over-rape-pregnancy-comments.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765613596/Indiana-Senate-candidate-Mourdock-criticized-over-rape-pregnancy-comments.html Top Republicans were slow to embrace tea party-backed Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock after he ousted a longtime... Wed, 24 Oct 2012 06:43:23 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765608787/Whats-to-love-about-Mia-Love.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765608787/Whats-to-love-about-Mia-Love.html Lately, I've read letters daily from Mia Love supporters, attacking her opponent while calling her courageous and a breath of... Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:43:45 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765606094/Proper-learning-required-before-the-right-action-can-be-made.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765606094/Proper-learning-required-before-the-right-action-can-be-made.html People cannot truly care, and cannot focus their efforts well, if they don't know what's going on. Proper learning... Sun, 23 Sep 2012 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765602497/Tea-party-to-blame-for-countrys-bad-financial-position.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765602497/Tea-party-to-blame-for-countrys-bad-financial-position.html Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765598180/Citizens-become-watchdogs-and-get-involved-with-the-political-process.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765598180/Citizens-become-watchdogs-and-get-involved-with-the-political-process.html The only way we can save our country from "becoming a welfare society and losing our freedoms" is for the citizens of our... Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:00:00 MDT