Dan Coats

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• POLITICO: Debt Ceiling Talks have Tea Party Ready for Disappointment – and Retribution

  “If the final bill is passed by establishment Republicans and House Democrats and does not include a balanced budget amendment as a requirement, it will be completely unacceptable and will be seen as a violation of the mandate that the tea party and like-minded people gave Republicans in 2010,” said Ryan Hecker

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• NYT: The Tea Party Plans Its Own Debt Panel

  While the Tea Party movement has led the charge for cutting the national debt, its supporters have often struggled to explain how, exactly, they would do so. Now some are out to change that, joining a Tea Party Debt Commission that plans to hold hearings over the summer, in the hopes of delivering recommendations to lawmakers by January.

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• U.S. Senate Candidate, George Allen (R-VA), Signs Contract from America

  “Virginians are anxious about the struggling economy, out-of-control spending, and growing debt that is threatening to rob our children of the opportunities we had. Rather than the dictates, mandates and tax hikes coming out of Washington we need a pro-growth agenda based on our foundational principles of freedom, personal responsibility and opportunity for all. In the U.S. Senate I pledge to protect and build upon the basic principles of the Contract from America – individual liberty, limited government and economic freedom.” ~ George Allen

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• HUMAN EVENTS: Adam Hasner Signs the Contract From America

  “I’m proud to sign the Contract from America without hesitation. The foundational values represented in the Contract are the same pillars of liberty, economic freedom, and limited government that are the foundation of our campaign in Florida. With America facing generational challenges on spending, the debt, and entitlement reforms, values like the ones contained within the Contract are needed now more than ever.” ~ Adam Hasner

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• SLATE: No, the Tea Party Isn’t Stalling

  Yes, the Ryan plan for Medicare has become a political football — we sort of knew it would. But has there been a backlash to the Medicaid block grant concept? No. And while the Ryan plan has become controversial, Mitch McConnell and John Boehner both confirmed this week that they want entitlement reform as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling. That’s substantially more commitment to entitlement reform, with more urgency, than House and Senate Republicans gave George W. Bush in 2005. It might be useful to look at a metric of what the Tea Party wanted in 2011. Check out the “Contract from America,” which was endorsed by basically every Tea Party group.

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