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The '''Tea Party Movement''' is a political movement that gained national attention in the summer of 2009 when organized protests occurred at Congressional town hall meetings on healthcare reform. The '''Tea Party''' itself is not a political party; it is a conglomerate of loosely affiliated "grassroots" organizations such as the [[Tea Party Nation]], [[Tea Party Patriots]], [[Tax Day Tea Party]], and others. While the Movement has no formal political affiliations, many members endorse Republican candidates for office. There is also a '''Tea Party Caucus''' in the United States Congress. Although the '''Tea Party''' has no official platform, most of the groups associated with the Movement share the same basic ideological position on domestic and foreign affairs in the that they are anti-government, anti-spending , anti-immigration, and anti-compromise politics.<ref>David Brooks, [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/opinion/05brooks.html?_r=0, "Tea Party Teens"], The New York Times, January 4, 2010</ref>
While promoted as a spontaneous "grassroots" movement, many of the activities of Tea Party groups were organized by corporate lobbying groups like [[Freedomworks]] and [[Americans for Prosperity]].
