Marion Said:

What does the TEA PARTY group think of Senator Jim DeMint and Christine O'Donnell not paying their taxes?

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WASHINGTON—After weeks of debates, concessions, and committee hearings, the U.S. Senate finally passed legislation Tuesday to rent the 1989 action-comedy Tango & Cash.

The bill, known as H.R. 5806, or the Kagen-Delahunt Tango & Cash Rental Act, allocated $3, plus a further 17 cents for local sales tax, to rent a VHS tape of the Sylvester Stallone–Kurt Russell buddy vehicle from the Capitol Video off Dupont Circle.

"This important bill was a long time coming," sponsoring representative Steve Kagen (D-WI) said to reporters after the vote. "I salute my Republican colleagues for displaying a spirit of compromise and for doing their part to help Congress procure the slam-bang, rip-roaringly funny antics of heroic LAPD narcotics detectives Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash, two good cops looking to take their revenge on villainous drug lord Yves Perret, deliciously portrayed by the late, great Jack Palance."

"No more stalling," Kagen added. "The time to rent this film is now."

The bill was first introduced to the House on Aug. 2 by Kagen and Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-MA), who proposed that the film was an entertaining and sorely underrated blend of white-knuckle thrills and playful buddy humor that has almost certainly held up over the years.

Other points presented in favor of the bill included the film's stylish opening sequence, which cleverly introduces Stallone's straitlaced Tango and Russell's bad boy Cash in an enjoyable pair of character-establishing scenes; the disarming, Odd Couple–esque interplay of the two stars as they vie to become Los Angeles' No. 1 cop; and a young Teri Hatcher's sassy, sultry turn as an exotic dancer who finds herself in hot water.

Proponents of the bill also noted that the scene where they acquire a fully-armored assault vehicle from Cash's personal weapons specialist was awesome.

Many Republicans, however, initially opposed the bill, calling it a grossly unnecessary expenditure of federal funds.

"I would like to go on record as saying that renting the film is wrongheaded and irresponsible since it will almost certainly be airing on TNT at some point in the near future," argued House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), who suggested renting a different movie, such as Big Trouble In Little China, or simply borrowing the Treasury Department's copy of The Last Boy Scout. "Throwing taxpayer dollars at this frankly formulaic and clichéd actioner would amount to a monumental act of waste, pure and simple."

Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) was among the few Republicans to cross the aisle into pro-Tango territory early in the legislative process, but she reversed her position upon learning she had confused the film with the 1989 Tom Hanks comedy Turner & Hooch.

According to sources on Capitol Hill, Senate Democrats were only able to garner the votes necessary to send the bill to the president's desk after a series of backroom deals. One of the staunchest Republican holdouts, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), finally put aside his objections to the film when a $37 million rider to overhaul Tennessee's municipal parking garages was attached to the bill, giving it a filibuster-proof 60 votes.

President Obama, who is expected to sign the bill by week's end, applauded its passage as a model of bipartisan cooperation.

"This proves that the system works," the president told reporters at a press briefing. "Despite our ideological differences, Democratic and Republican leaders can find common ground and agree on an important piece of legislation like this without the process becoming, to quote the unstoppable Detective Ray Cash, 'F.U.B.A.R.'"

Brett Said:

Will the Tea Party group vote Republican in november and 2012?

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I'm a Tea Party protestor, and I usually vote Libertarian. Not always, but most of the time when there's a Libertarian candidate available. I agree with the republican RHETORIC (not their actual actions) regarding fiscal conservatism. I also agree with them on gun rights. I generally agree more with the democrats on social issues such as abortion, gay marriage, rights to privacy, etc. But it doesn't really matter who I agree with, once they're elected the two parties might as well be one. If I only have a choice between a D and an R on a ballot I balance up the pros and cons of both candidates, and if neither one is better than he or she is worse I simply don't vote in that contest. I refuse to support the lesser of two evils.

Kirk Said:

Is the tea party just a group of republicans without any money?

We Answered:

ROFLMAO. What you have just shown is that you have NO CLUE who the TEA Party candidates are. We are a variety of people from all races, all financial levels and all education levels.

We are also VERY well funded, so your ignorant thought that we live in trailer parks or have no money....well, it is better to keep silent and be thought of as an idiot or type the question you did and remove all doubt.