Bachmann Forms Tea Party Caucus
Politico reports that Rep. Michele Bachmann intends to form a new caucus in the House to give a voice to the Tea Party movement:
Republicans have been wrangling for more than a year over how exactly to handle the tea party movement, but now Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is bringing them under the big tent.
Bachmann has made a formal request to to create a House Tea Party Caucus, giving the national movement a more official voice within the House Republican Conference.
Bachmann, already a hero within the tea party, sent a letter to House Administration Chairman Robert Brady (D-Pa.) Thursday to register the House Tea Party Caucus to serve as an “informal group of members dedicated to promote Americans’ call for fiscal responsibility, adherence to the Constitution, and limited government.”
Bachmann, in a statement, said that Americans have “had enough of the spending, bureaucracy and the government knows best mentality running rampant today throughout the halls of Congress.”
