Dear Rep. Bachmann: If I thought you were going to slip quietly into history, and move to someplace like Switzerland or Oregon, I could be gracious about your announcement to not seek a fifth term in ...

Last week, Gov. Chris Christie glommed onto the "knucklehead" bandwagon, tossing out the perfect Jersey insult while talking about rich Shore home­owners who'd rather let their neighbors drown than ...

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Rep. Michele Bachmann (MN) has introduced HR 87, legislation drafted to repeal the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, one of the most far-reaching legislative items of the ...

Sixth District voters returned conservative U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann to the House of Representatives by the slimmest of margins on Tuesday night, when she beat her Democratic opponent by a mere ...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has attacked President Barack Obama’s approach to curbing energy speculation amid high energy prices as “waving a tar baby in the air.” Suggested Reading The Most ...

While others have dismissed Tea Party darling Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), the Washington Post’s Jonathan Capeheart is paying close attention to Bachmann, who gave the Tea Party response to ...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann came out about equal in the Des Moines Register Iowa Poll on the Republican presidential field, the newspaper reported ...

The House Committee on Ethics announced Friday that it will continue an investigation of Rep. Michele Bachmann (R.-Minn.) for possible campaign finance violations during her 2012 presidential run, NBC ...

The committee announced on Friday it had received a referral from the Office of Congressional Ethics, an independent investigative body, and said in a brief statement that it would formally ...