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The 2009 'tea party' tax revolt

Critics of President Barack Obama's handling of the economy are planning nationwide "tea parties" Wednesday -- and not for the sake of polite conversation.

Coast-to-coast demonstrations against Obama's big-spending economic stimulus package are promised for the day that is also the deadline for filing federal income tax returns.

Whether Republicans -- in disarray since losing the presidential election last year -- can deliver is open to question.
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