Tea Party Holds Most Seats While Alienating Voters
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Anti-tax Tea Party lawmakers, blamed by some Republicans for alienating voters, have cemented their influence as most were re-elected to Congress.
The Tea Party movement suffered some losses to Democrats in U.S. Senate races in Indiana and Missouri, while a half-dozen freshman Republicans who rode the Tea Party wave in 2010 were defeated in the Nov. 6 election.