The Tea Party members of the House will have absolutely no effect on the final outcome now that the Democrats will support it.
Arriving at a "deal" on a Sunday has been standard operating procedure for both parties for quite some time.
By the way, the bigger issue that nobody is talking about is the strengthening of the Japanese yen. Japan is in a world of economic hurt as it spins mercilessly away in a deflationary spiral.
Of course, these are kind of akin to briefly stabilizing the blood pressure of a gunshot wound victim with a gaping hole, which the ICU team has no intention of cleaning and closing.
This just puts off the day of reckoning to an even bigger fiscal disaster, it makes one almost want to puke.
Then I would say, some marginal RINO (district) “caves” need to defintely be “primaried” in 2012, and there is not much time for this, but some good patriots who are ready to run, even just average fed up people, who are articulate, have creds, have few skeletons, have a lot of guts and family support, and can get funded quickly, should get exploratory committee websites up and take out filing papers in their respective states ASAP. On this issue alone in 2012 there should be a Tea Party Resurge in both the House and Senate races.