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Bachmann used taxpayer funds for tea party rally
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| Contributor | Servo |
| Last Edited | Servo Jun 21, 2011 05:01pm |
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| Author | Brett Neely |
| News Date | Monday, June 20, 2011 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann spent $3,407 of taxpayer funds allotted to her congressional office to help rent a sound system for a tea party-backed rally against President Obama's health care bill in 2009, according to a report this morning from Roll Call.
House rules say taxpayer money cannot be used for strictly political events, although the funds can be used for press conferences, which is how the event was described.
However, the newspaper reports that no questions were asked during the Nov. 9, 2009 event which, "opened with a prayer, the national anthem and a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance."
Fellow Reps. Steve King (R-IA) and Todd Akin (R-MO) also contributed $3,407 toward the rental of the sound system at the same event.
Roll Call says the rally is not the only questionable use of taxpayer funds by Bachmann's congressional office. |
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