The (National) Tea Party Advisory Team is a group of the National Tea Party Coalition, which operates through teleconferences. It sponsored a protest on 4 July 2009, the U.S. national independence day.[1] While not all the same people are involved, it respects the effect of the 20 February 2009 conference call, moderated by Michael Patrick Leahy.[2] The organization that resulted first was called the Nationwide Chicago Tea Party.