15, 2009 hundreds of thousands of people around the country showed up at Tea Party Protests. They were protesting the new government spending plan proposed by the Obama administration. There was a National Taxpayers Union conference held from June 11–13 in 2009 held in Arlington, VA at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel. The convention was geared toward taxpayer activists who were working on taxpayer initiatives at a local and state level. The purpose of this conference was to keep the initiatives of the National Taxpayers Union alive and to get more of the public to understand their ideas. In 2009 at the National Taxpayers convention, former Ohio secretary of State Ken Blackwell and former Missouri Governor Matt Blunt were guest speakers. See also Americans For Fair Taxation Americans for Tax Reform Citizens for Tax Justice Leah Vukmir, vice president of state affairs for the NTU State Policy Network – a U.S. national network of free-market oriented think tanks of which NTU is an associate member Tax Foundation References External links National Taxpayers Union: Organizational Profile – National Center for Charitable Statistics (Urban Institute) National Taxpayers Union Foundation: Organizational Profile – National Center for Charitable Statistics (Urban Institute) National Taxpayers Union footage on C-SPAN Political organizations based in the United States Taxation in the United States Organizations established in 1969 New Right organizations (United States) Taxpayer groups Conservative organizations in the United States