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The political movement that drove a busload of freshman lawmakers into office last fall will be revving up small-government feelings again this Thursday.
The Tea Party Patriots want to encourage Congress to keep pressing the pedal down on budget cuts with a noon rally on Capitol Hill.
"Members of Congress have abandoned their service to the people by passing continuing resolutions instead of cutting the $100 billion budget," said Tea Party Patriot representatives Mark Meckler and Jenny Beth Martin.
Tea Party notables Michelle Bachman and Mike Pence will be on hand to ratchet up support. The gathering will take place at the Robert A. Taft Memorial, northwest of the Capitol building.
The rally on the streets of Washington falls in the same week that another Tea Party group announced plans to put its name on the race track. TheTeaParty.net, a separate offshoot of the grassroots political movement, said they're sponsoring NASCAR's No. 89 racing truck. It's been rechristened the "We the People's" vehicle.
Chris Lafferty, the truck's driver, finished 56th in the standings last year.
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