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Bachmann anti-health care reform rally cost taxpayers $14,000

By Andy Birkey | 04.14.10 | 9:00 am

The Star Tribune’s Eric Roper reports that Rep. Michele Bachmann’s “House Call” against health care reform last November cost taxpayers $13,600. The event drew about 10,000 Tea Partiers from around the country to Washington, DC. Critics say the event…

With CREW complaint, ‘Super Bowl of Freedom’ goes into overtime

By Chris Steller | 11.17.09 | 1:03 pm

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann broke House rules by using her taxpayer-funded website to urge people to attend her Nov. 5 “Super Bowl of Freedom” rally, according to a complaint by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW).

Video: Bachmann’s ‘House Call’ protest

By Chris Steller | 11.05.09 | 5:49 pm

The Minnesota Independent’s sister site, the Washington Independent, was on the scene Thursday for U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s “House Call” protest against health care reform at the U.S. Capitol.

Tea partiers arrested at Bachmann event

By Andy Birkey | 11.05.09 | 3:41 pm

At least 10 individuals attending Rep. Michele Bachmann’s “House Call” event to protest health care reform have been arrested outside an office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The protesters were among the several thousand Tea Party activists that Bachmann invited…