This part of the article should be removed, as it is not true. Standard & Poor's, the credit agency who ordered the downgrade, specifically cited the Tea Party faction of Congress as the responsible party in that incident.
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This part of the article should be removed, as it is not true. Standard & Poor's, the credit agency who ordered the downgrade, specifically cited the Tea Party faction of Congress as the responsible party in that incident. [[User:MackD|MackD]] 00:55, 20 January 2013 (EST)