[ObamahatesPACoal]

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2011-02-15-budgetteaparty15_ST_N.htm

Two Tea Party favorites, Reps. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and Steve King, of Iowa were approached about joining the Appropriations Committee, but passed, Kingston said.

King said he turned it down because the 50-member committee was looking only for token Tea Party participation and wasn’t interested in bringing in a coalition carrying the Tea Party message.

“To go on the Appropriations Committee and to sit there alone and fight a lonely battle, I didn’t think that would be the most effective use of my time in this Congress,” King sai

[Savage Beast]

"...Rep. Jack Kingston, a Georgia Republican who was embraced by the Tea Party movement. Kingston, who sits on the Appropriations Committee, said the budgeting process will pit the highly organized, well-financed lobbyists and special interest groups in Washington against the Tea Party movement."

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2011-02-15-budgetteaparty15_ST_N.htm