The Tea Party roared Thursday. Or, it tried to, but it wasn't clear how well its demands were heard on Capitol Hill.
A couple hundred anti-tax activists braved a chilly drizzle outside the Senate in an unimpressive scene that was a far cry from the throngs that overflowed the Capitol grounds in past rallies.
The top demand was for GOP leaders to stick to their blueprint of cutting $61 billion from the rest of this year's budget.
Kathy Dirr, of Liberty Township, Ohio, in Majority Leader John Boehner's district, put it bluntly.
"I say to the Republican leadership, take off your lace panties, stop being noodle backs, take a strong, bold, unwavering stand," she told the rally, to great approval.
Mark Meckler, a Tea Party Patriot leader, told the Associated Press Boehner and others would face primaries if they fail.
But Boehner suggested to reporters he was willing to settle for "spending cuts that we can get an agreement to." Democrats are offering a compromise $33 billion in cuts.
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