Florida Tea Partiers Petition to Shut Down Federal Government

Tea party activists in Florida are petitioning to shut down the federal government until Congress removes the 6,600 earmarks from the $1.1 trillion omnibus budget bill.

Tea partiers urge like-minded Floridians to sign this petition calling on lawmakers to reject the earmark-laden package and pass a continuing budget resolution that strips out the pork.

By midmorning Thursday, Punta Gorda tea party activist Robin Stublen said more than 400 residents of Florida and other states had signed on to the petition, which began circulating online Wednesday evening.