https://redstate.com/author/rep_michele_bachmann/feedConservative News & Politicsen-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 19:08:40 -0400<![CDATA[Later this afternoon, House Republicans will hold a special conference meeting to discuss the way forward on immigration.]]>Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:23:47 -0400<![CDATA[Rep. Michele Bachmann]]><![CDATA[Amnesty]]><![CDATA[gang of eight]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]><![CDATA[Immigration]]><![CDATA[obamacare]]>https://redstate.com/rep_michele_bachmann/2013/07/10/amnesty-the-new-obamacare-n48001<![CDATA[In order to become President, Barack Obama had to swear to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. But three years later, I am disgusted with the disregard that the President continues to show to our Constitution. Has he forgotten about the separation of executive, judicial and legislative branches found in our founding document? Our founders gave us a system of checks and balances so that one person could never seize more power than was provided in the Constitution.]]>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:12:01 -0400<![CDATA[Rep. Michele Bachmann]]>https://redstate.com/rep_michele_bachmann/2012/06/20/obamas-blatant-disregard-for-the-constitution-is-appalling-n43556<![CDATA[Minnesotans are proud people. We’re proud to boast of our 11,842 lakes and the fact that we can survive subzero temperatures for months straight. But one thing Minnesotans can’t be proud of is our state’s questionable handling of Medicaid dollars.]]>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:00:33 -0400<![CDATA[Rep. Michele Bachmann]]>https://redstate.com/rep_michele_bachmann/2012/06/19/the-case-for-medicaid-audits-to-prevent-fraud-n43542<![CDATA[If you walk by the National Archives on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C. you will most likely see a line of people waiting to get just a glimpse of our Declaration of Independence and Constitution. These two aged documents are browned with time and sealed under layers of a secure glass enclosure in the domed lobby of the Archives. But they still manage to impress their visitors. The inked words of the Constitution, many of them carefully penned by Gouverneur Morris over 200 years ago, are now barely visible. While some foreign visitors may struggle to make them out, we Americans know them by heart. “We the people in order to form a more perfect union…” the Constitution starts, and what follows is one of the most awe inspiring and heartfelt treatises to freedom in the history of man. After all, this one document founded the most successful country the world has ever known.]]>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:24:51 -0500<![CDATA[Rep. Michele Bachmann]]>https://redstate.com/rep_michele_bachmann/2012/02/08/our-constitution-is-not-irrelevant-justice-ginsburg-n42149<![CDATA[Since Republicans took the House majority in January I have been calling for our leadership to fight. We must answer the bell that was rung last November when the American people called us to fight for deep cuts in spending, for the full repeal of ObamaCare, for an end to taxpayer funding of abortion, and for a government that will live within its Constitutional boundaries. Those would be the kind of large-scale fights that could change the arc of history. Unfortunately, the fight that’s happening today in Washington is not even close to being on the same scale.]]>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:27:47 -0400<![CDATA[Rep. Michele Bachmann]]><![CDATA[Budget]]><![CDATA[Government Shutdown]]><![CDATA[Health Care]]><![CDATA[obamacare]]><![CDATA[slowdown]]><![CDATA[Spending]]>https://redstate.com/rep_michele_bachmann/2011/04/08/not-a-big-enough-fight-n38620<![CDATA[Last night my colleague Rep. Steve King (IA-05) and I drafted a letter to Speaker Boehner, Majority Leader Cantor and Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers urging them to include language to defund ObamaCare and rescind the $105,464,000,000 in funds already appropriated to implementing the health care law.]]>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:05:18 -0500<![CDATA[Rep. Michele Bachmann]]><![CDATA[appropriations]]><![CDATA[continuing resolution]]><![CDATA[cr]]><![CDATA[funding]]><![CDATA[Health Care]]><![CDATA[obamacare]]><![CDATA[Spending]]>https://redstate.com/rep_michele_bachmann/2011/03/11/letter-to-leadership-to-defund-obamacare-immediately-n38254<![CDATA[There is no daylight between my position and Speaker-designate John Boehner on earmarks. Period.]]>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:08:59 -0500<![CDATA[Rep. Michele Bachmann]]>https://redstate.com/rep_michele_bachmann/2010/12/10/no-daylight-between-my-position-and-the-gop-on-earmarks-n37276<![CDATA[Clearly, the Democrats think they have something here tying together the Republican Party and the Tea Party. However, it seems to me that this political miscalculation is exactly why Congress&#8217; approval rating is at 11%.]]>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:24:54 -0400<![CDATA[Rep. Michele Bachmann]]><![CDATA[Constitution]]><![CDATA[tea party]]>https://redstate.com/rep_michele_bachmann/2010/07/29/democrats-underestimate-the-american-people-once-again-n35667<![CDATA[For the first time since the current budget rules were established in 1974, Democratic Leadership in the House has announced that they won&#8217;t do a budget this year. It was an interesting announcement made by Majority Leader Hoyer, especially considering Mr. Hoyer&#8217;s remarks back in 2006, when he then stated as the House Minority Leader:]]>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:30:14 -0400<![CDATA[Rep. Michele Bachmann]]>https://redstate.com/rep_michele_bachmann/2010/06/22/demcrats-fail-the-most-basic-responsibility-of-governing-n35232<![CDATA[For the last few weeks we’ve heard that the Obama Administration is going to focus its attention once again on jobs. Great, because we&#8217;ve seen how well that&#8217;s worked in the past, spending hundreds of billions of dollars to see our unemployment rate skyrocket to 10%]]>Tue, 25 May 2010 08:55:15 -0400<![CDATA[Rep. Michele Bachmann]]>https://redstate.com/rep_michele_bachmann/2010/05/25/america-speaking-out-washington-is-out-of-focus-and-out-of-touch-n34834