Michele Bachmann Plans To Form Tea Party Caucus In Congress

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has plans in the works to create a Tea Party Caucus in the United States House of Representatives.

Bachmann on Thursday filed paperwork to establish the House affinity group, which the conservative congresswoman says will call for "fiscal responsibility, adherence to the Constitution, and limited government."

"This caucus will espouse the timeless principles of our founding, principles that all Members of Congress have sworn to uphold," Bachmann said in a statement. "The American people are doing their part and making their voices heard and this caucus will prove that there are some here in Washington willing to listen."

Bachmann took to Twitter to credit Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul with inspiring her to start the new caucus. "I applaud Rand Paul and look forward to bringing the Tea Party to the House!" she wrote.

Earlier this week, Paul raised the idea of founding a "tea-party caucus" in the Senate in an interview with the National Review.

(By the way, Bachmann already co-chairs the Congressional Media Fairness Caucus.)

Below is a copy of a letter sent by Bachmann to Rep. Bob Brady (D-Pa.), who chairs the Committee on House Administration, to register the Tea Party Caucus:

Comments

[Sandy Sun]

07:19 AM on 08/07/2010

real news no longer on television

[Jay Jefferson]

02:06 PM on 08/06/2010

Michelle Bachman is a great American. The voters in Minnesota are so lucky to have someone like Michelle to lead them in Congress. I admire her courage for standing up to the radical left wing democrats intent on destroying our great nation.

[PartyOfMaybe]

06:10 PM on 07/19/2010

Me: "A blazing hot middle-aged woman with little regard for political correctness (aka lying)? Is this Heaven (Biblical), mister?"

Citizen: "No, son, this isn't Heaven (Biblical). This is Minnesota's 6th Congressional District. Come on in. Stay a while. Take your shoes off."

[Godfearing]

04:16 PM on 07/19/2010

We need a "birther movement" in the congress. These are the stupid people that President Obama snookered into believing he did not have a legal birth certificate. Anyone who ever thought a black guy could pull off such a stunt has to be stupid? Next bumper sticker:
BIRTHERS ARE STUPID AND REPUBLICAN!

[uziman]

03:14 AM on 07/24/2010

So...you admit that Nobama is a snookerer? Who's stupid...

[Lahonda]

01:57 PM on 07/19/2010

Oh great! They can get together each week and share a wee bit tea and white cake.

Chocolate cake not permitted.

[Cthulhu On Call]

01:28 PM on 07/19/2010

Is that crazy lady screaming into those microphones with a bull-horn?

[hmmmmm]

02:21 PM on 07/19/2010

so it would appear.

[zendem1]

01:22 PM on 07/19/2010

Fitting that her Chief of staff is named L00ser.
And you can contact him at brian.looser at mail.house.gov

[Cthulhu On Call]

01:31 PM on 07/19/2010

I was just about to mention that too, I could barely make it out, but I think that's what it says.

Too funny.

[MolliBlum]

03:02 PM on 07/19/2010

Is that brian? Or brain?

[zendem1]

01:20 PM on 07/19/2010

Michele the bi-polar, nudder didnt get the memo. Theres already a tea-party caucus and its called the Republican Party.

[TheGuide]

11:36 AM on 07/19/2010

I being said that she'll be voted back in, so she obviously knows what she'd doing to keep her seat. The fact that her antics are nationally reported is what's so annoying, but more power to her in keeping job.

[heapOtrouble]

11:43 AM on 07/19/2010

You should look at her record on what she's done. Pretty much nothing.
She is being reported on nationally because like PAY lin, she is a media who re

[sippi33]

11:55 AM on 07/19/2010

There's another individual who had pretty much done nothing but he ascended to the Presidency. Apathy and inactivity leads the way.

[lazercat2008]

11:07 AM on 07/19/2010

Maybe then she can continue her war on energy saving light bulbs.

Bachmann is pro-choice on bulbs

The Minnesota congresswoman says people should be free to use traditional incandescent or compact fluorescent light bulbs, and she has introduced a bill to halt a phase-out program.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/house/17002506.html

[kareemachan]

12:40 PM on 07/19/2010

Why would she be against an energy-saving idea as simple as this?

[Cthulhu On Call]

01:32 PM on 07/19/2010

Name one rational position that she takes?

[ArkayMI]

02:02 PM on 07/19/2010

This link seems to be dated (Mar 2008). Was this bill introduced and voted on?

[SuperMoncho]

11:06 AM on 07/19/2010

I h@t.e this specimen

[EagleFliesInSky]

10:36 AM on 07/19/2010

Why go to all that trouble of filing papers? Why doesn't she just stroll over to C Street and join the party there!

[lazercat2008]

11:07 AM on 07/19/2010

Of by and for the Koch Brothers.

[EagleFliesInSky]

11:44 AM on 07/19/2010

Right!

[Vernie31]

10:25 AM on 07/19/2010

“Blin’ hoss don’t fall w’en he follers de bit. - Uncle Remus”

[Lab Sharpei]

10:19 AM on 07/19/2010

We now have proof that Think Progress produced/backed the fraudulent signs at the tea parties..

http://ht.ly/2dl0P

[Lab Sharpei]

11:10 AM on 07/19/2010

And Biden is now saying he and Obama don't believe the Tea Party is a racist organization...ha!!

http://bit.ly/czZru3

[heapOtrouble]

12:19 PM on 07/19/2010

President Obama is in an especially precarious position. He, more than any other President ever, has to take extreme care when addressing this type of behavior.
For him, the high road is the best one to take. There are plenty of people out there that can bring this type of racism to light.

[Dbos]

10:15 AM on 07/19/2010

The tea hag has health insurance and should use it ,she needs to get some help.