Michele Bachmann 2011 hot Enters 2012 GOP Field

Michele Marie Bachmann (née Amble; April 6, 1956 is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Minnesota's 6th congressional district, and a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2012 U.S. presidential election. She previously served in the Minnesota State Senate and is the first Republican woman to represent the state in Congress

Bachmann is a supporter of the Tea Party movement and a founder of the House Tea Party Caucus1 Early life, education, and early career
2 Personal life
2.1 Family
2.2 Religion
2.3 Businesses
3 Early political activism
4 Minnesota Senate
5 U.S. House of Representatives
5.1 110th Congress
5.1.1 Iraq War troop surge
5.1.1.1 Member of Congressional delegation
5.1.2 Opposition to higher education finance bill
5.1.3 Light bulbs
5.1.4 Class action lawsuits
5.1.5 Domestic oil and gas production
5.1.6 Global warming
5.1.7 Opposition to the bailout
5.1.8 On anti-Americanism
5.2 111th Congress
5.2.1 Global currency
5.2.2 2010 Census
5.2.3 Cap and Trade legislation
5.2.4 AmeriCorps
5.2.5 Health care
5.2.6 Critique of President Obama's Asian trip
5.3 112th Congress
5.3.1 Leadership run
5.3.2 Committee assignment
5.3.3 Repeal of Dodd-Frank reform
5.3.4 State of the Union response
5.3.5 Repeal of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
5.4 Committee assignments
6 Political positions
6.1 Education policy
6.2 Fiscal policy
6.3 Environmental policy
6.4 Social Security and Medicare
6.5 Foreign policy
6.6 Global economy
6.7 Social issues
6.8 Federal-backed home loans
7 Political campaigns
7.1 2006 congressional
7.2 2008 congressional
7.3 2010 congressional
7.4 2012 presidential campaign
8 Electoral history
9 References
10 External links

Bachmann was born in Waterloo, Iowa, "into a family of Norwegian Lutheran Democrats; her family moved from Iowa to Minnesota when she was 13 years old After her parents divorced, Bachmann's father, David John Amble, moved to California, and Bachmann was raised by her mother, Jean (née Johnson), who worked at the First National Bank in Anoka, Minnesota. Her mother remarried when Bachmann was a teenager; the new marriage resulted in a family with nine children.

She graduated from Anoka High School in 1974 and, after graduation, spent time working on a kibbutz in Israel In 1978 she graduated from Winona State University with a B.A.
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