California PAC Sponsors ‘Tea Party Express’

Members of Congress will return from their August recess soon. After getting an earful back home about overhauling health care, they can expect a rowdy reception on Capitol Hill too.

Over the weekend, a California-based political action committee launched a cross-country bus tour dubbed the “Tea Party Express.” They plan to wind up the tour in Washington, D.C., next month — just about the time lawmakers return to the Capitol.

Based in Sacramento, officials with the “Our Country Deserves Better PAC” say they’re trying to bring together people with a wide array of concerns that center on what they call heavy-handed government policies.

Tea Party Express cruises through Nevada

Hundreds of people turned out for a series of weekend events as the Tea Party Express cruised across northern Nevada.

The caravan of tour buses, RVs, cargo trucks and SUVs kicked off a cross-country tour Friday in Sacramento, California, and plans on holding events in 33 cities en route to Washington, D.C. for what organizers hope will be a big rally on September 12.

The tour is being funded by Our Country Deserves Better, a conservative political action committee. The tea party movement gained momentum this year; several parties were held across the country this summer to protest President Barack Obama and the Democrats’ economic stimulus plans, among other things.