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Tea Party Caucus
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Tea Party Caucus

[TPC]
Affiliated Party:Republican Party (R)
Caucus Leadership:
LeaderUnassigned
House ChairUnassigned
Senate ChairUnassigned

Right-libertarian Republicans. Born out of Ron Paul's presidential campaign and the Tea Party uprising, the Tea Party Caucus adheres to strict constitutional originalism, individual liberty, and states' rights. Economically, they maintain an uncompromising fiscal stance against deficit spending and debt-ceiling increases, advocating drastic federal budget cuts alongside the privatization of major entitlement programs, including Social Security and Medicare. Socially, they defer most cultural matters to state sovereignty, while making a staunch exception for absolutist Second Amendment protections and favoring the deregulation of cross-border movement. In national security and foreign affairs, they embrace isolationism, favoring the withdrawal of all American forces abroad, retrenchment from foreign entanglements, the termination of foreign aid, and tariff-free trade.

Caucus War Chest$0

Platform

Left-Right Political Spectrum

ImmigrationLeft
Left: Halt deportations and grant immediate amnesty to all undocumented immigrants.
RaceRight
Right: Purge DEI programs, critical race theory, and affirmative action from public institutions.
Law and OrderModerate Left
Moderate Left: Mandate police body cameras, ban chokeholds, and fund treatment diversion courts for nonviolent drug offenses.
LGBTQCenter
Center: Recognize same-sex marriage, but leave other civil rights policies to the states.
AbortionCenter
Center: Leave the issue to the states.
Climate ChangeFar Right
Far Right: Unleash domestic oil and gas production, exit all climate treaties, and abolish federal climate agencies.
Gun ControlFar Right
Far Right: Abolish all firearm laws and prohibit state or local gun restrictions.
TaxesFar Right
Far Right: Abolish the federal income tax and the IRS.
Balanced BudgetFar Right
Far Right: Slash federal spending to balance the budget overnight and revoke federal borrowing authority.
Jobs and WagesFar Right
Far Right: Abolish the federal minimum wage, ban public-sector unions, and dismantle the National Labor Relations Board.
HealthcareFar Right
Far Right: Abolish Medicare and Medicaid and return healthcare to the free market.
Social SecurityFar Right
Far Right: Abolish Social Security and privatize all retirement savings.
EducationFar Right
Far Right: Abolish the Department of Education and privatize all public schooling.
MilitaryModerate Left
Moderate Left: Streamline defense spending by cutting legacy weapon systems and investing in cyber and drone warfare.
IsraelModerate Left
Moderate Left: Cut all foreign aid to Israel, and leave them Israel to deal with their own domestic issues.

Non-Partisan Policy Dimensions

Foreign PolicyIsolationism
IsolationismHawkish
Isolationism: Bring the troops home, end foreign aid, and withdraw from NATO and the United Nations.
TradeFree Trade
AutarkyFree Trade
Free Trade: Abolish all tariffs and trade restrictions.
AITechno-Libertarianism
Neo-LudditeTechno-Libertarianism
Techno-Libertarianism: Bar all government regulation of AI and ban local restrictions on data center construction.
Urban-RuralAgrarian
UrbanismAgrarian
Agrarian: Defend rural property and resource rights, and reserve land-use decisions to local governments.
CentralizationRegionalism
UnitaryRegionalism
Regionalism: Restore full state sovereignty, including border enforcement, state militias, and the right to secede.