“We will go after them. We’re not going to accept it.”

Tea Party leaders have “fire coming out of their ears” over the massive $1.1 trillion dollars Omnibus spending bill pending before Congress. Tucked into the legislation that would keep the government running for the next fiscal year are more than $8 billion dollars in earmarks, requested by lawmakers in both parties.

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It sounds like “hyporkrisy” to Tea Party Express Chairman Amy Kremer. Her group backed GOP candidates in the 2010 election who promised to root out wasteful pork-barrel spending in Washington. She warns any republican who supports the measure risks a primary challenge in the next election cycle…

“I know the politicians think we won’t remember when elections roll around,” said Mark Meckler, a co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots. “We’re smarter than they think,” he warned.

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