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The Tea Party Wave of 2010 Explained from Santelli to the StatehousesHow a burst of anger over bailouts and stimulus spending reshaped the Republican Party in under two years, and why its logic still drives intraparty fights.Czar Reed and the House rule that ended the disappearing quorumSpeaker Reed's 1890 ruling decided whether a silent minority could freeze the House. Here is how the quorum rule works and why majority rule still rests on it.