The New York Times 
Rise of the Tea Party [EPUB ebook] 

This e-single examines the rise of the Tea Party, an antigovernment, grass-roots political movement. It began in 2009 in protest of the bank bailout and economic stimulus package. Its supporters vowed to purge the Republican Party of officials they considered not sufficiently conservative and to block the Democratic agenda on the economy, the environment and health care. These articles from The New York Times archive detail how the Tea Party became a pivotal player in the Republicans‘ successful bid to take control of the House of Representatives in the 2010 midterm elections.