No, the Tea Party is not going away. It is just beginning. When each American (man, woman and child) realizes they are each on the hook for $49,000 of this national debt things will change. The real panic will not come from congress. Some day in the future some major country will refuse to accept the worthless dollar and will dumps treasuries. Then the REAL austerity and fire works will begin.
looks like they finally bypassed the republican children in the house and got some grownups in the senate to get the job done.