87 Facts About Michele Bachmann

Michele Marie Bachmann is an American politician who was the US representative for from 2007 until 2015.

Michele Bachmann became involved in local politics, specifically around education.

Michele Bachmann formally entered politics in 2000, when she was elected to the Minnesota Senate.

Since January 1,2021, Michele Bachmann has been dean of the Robertson School of Government at Regent University.

Michele Bachmann's family moved from Iowa to Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, when she was 13 years old.

Michele Bachmann was raised by her mother, who worked at the First National Bank in Anoka, Minnesota, where they moved again.

Michele Bachmann graduated from Anoka High School in 1974 and, after graduation, spent one summer working at kibbutz Be'eri in Israel.

In 1979, Bachmann was a member of the first class of the O W Coburn School of Law, then a part of Oral Roberts University.

Michele Bachmann worked as a research assistant on Eidsmoe's 1987 book Christianity and the Constitution, which argues that the United States was founded as a Christian theocracy and should become one again.

Michele Bachmann was a member of the ORU law school's final graduating class, and was part of a group of faculty, staff, and students who moved the ORU law school library to what is Regent University.

Michele Bachmann left the IRS to become a full-time mother when her fourth child was born.

Michele Bachmann grew up in a Democratic family and has said she became a Republican during her senior year at Winona State University.

Michele Bachmann has since made statements supportive of sidewalk interference.

Michele Bachmann supported Jimmy Carter for president in 1976, and she and her husband worked on his campaign.

Michele Bachmann voiced her opposition to tax dollars going to the hospital; to the Star Tribune, she said, "in effect, since 1973, I have been a landlord of an abortion clinic, and I don't like that distinction".

Michele Bachmann then began speaking against a state-mandated set of educational standards, including her opposition to School-to-Work policies, which propelled her into politics.

Michele Bachmann became a Minnesota state senator after defeating incumbent Gary Laidig in district 56 in 2000.

Michele Bachmann reintroduced the proposal in 2005; it failed when it stalled indefinitely in the Minnesota Senate Judiciary committee.

Michele Bachmann served as assistant minority leader in charge of policy of the Senate Republican Caucus from November 2004 to July 2005, when the Republican Caucus removed her from the position.

From 2007 to 2015, Michele Bachmann represented, which included the northernmost and eastern suburbs of the Twin Cities and St Cloud.

Michele Bachmann became the first Republican woman from Minnesota to be elected to the House of Representatives.

In July 2007 Michele Bachmann joined a Congressional delegation visiting Ireland, Germany, Pakistan, Kuwait, and Iraq.

Michele Bachmann met briefly with US personnel in the Green Zone and upon her return said she "was encouraged by reports of progress from Crocker, General David Petraeus and other personnel in Iraq linked to the surge".

Michele Bachmann spoke of the delegation's visit to Islamabad to meet Pakistani Prime Minister Aziz at the same time as the siege of Islamic fundamentalists at the Lal Masjid mosque elsewhere in the city.

On July 11,2007, Michele Bachmann voted against the College Cost Reduction and Access Act.

Michele Bachmann joined ten other House Republicans and members of the media on a Congressional Energy Tour to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, and to Alaska.

Michele Bachmann rejects the overwhelming scientific consensus that climate change is real, progressing, and primarily caused by humans.

Michele Bachmann opposed both versions of the Wall Street bailout bill for America's financial sector.

Michele Bachmann advocated breaking up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and barring executives from excessive compensation or golden parachutes, and advocated a plan that would suspend mark-to-market accounting rules and suspend the capital gains tax.

Michele Bachmann criticized that bill, fearing that the initial sum of money would be followed by subsequent ones without the companies making changes to revive their business.

Michele Bachmann supported an alternative plan for American auto companies and the rest of the auto industry that would have set benchmarks for reducing their debt and renegotiating labor deals and have set up the financial assistance as interim insurance instead of a taxpayer-financed bailout.

On October 17,2008, Michele Bachmann gave an interview on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews in support of the presidential campaign of Senator John McCain that brought the Minnesota 6th Congressional District race national attention.

Michele Bachmann brought up the interview before business leaders and Republicans during a campaign stop in St Cloud, Minnesota, on October 21,2008.

Michele Bachmann claimed she never intended to question Obama's patriotism.

On March 26,2009, following comments by China proposing adoption of a global reserve currency, Michele Bachmann introduced a resolution calling for a Constitutional amendment to bar the dollar from being replaced by a foreign currency.

Current law prohibits foreign currency from being recognized in the US, but Michele Bachmann expressed concerns relating to the president's power to make and interpret treaties.

Michele Bachmann reiterated her belief that the census asked too many personal questions.

In March 2009 Michele Bachmann was interviewed by the Northern Alliance Radio Network and promoted two forums she was hosting the next month in St Cloud and Woodbury about Obama's proposed cap-and-trade tax policy to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

In 2009 Michele Bachmann became a critic of what she characterized as proposals for mandatory public service.

Sarah Palin said that her "death panel" remark was inspired by what she called the "Orwellian" opinions of Ezekiel Emanuel as described by Michele Bachmann, who accused him of advocating health care rationing by age and disability.

Michele Bachmann outlined ideas for changing the health care system, including: "Erase the boundaries around every single state when it comes to health care", enabling consumers to purchase insurance across state lines; increase the use of health savings accounts and allow everyone to "take full deductibility of all medical expenses", including insurance premiums; and tort reform.

Michele Bachmann denounced the government-run health insurance public option, calling it a "government takeover of health care" that would "squeeze out private health insurance".

Supporters of Michele Bachmann's run included Representatives Steve King, John Kline, Louie Gohmert, Chip Cravaack, and Erik Paulsen, as well as media personality and political commentator Glenn Beck.

Michele Bachmann's bid suffered a setback when she was passed over for the GOP's transition team on which Hensarling was placed.

Michele Bachmann's bill was endorsed by conservative groups such as the Club for Growth and Americans for Prosperity.

Michele Bachmann's call for total repeal was seen as more drastic than the approach advocated by her fellow Republican Spencer Bachus, who became the House Financial Services Committee Chairman when Republicans gained the House majority.

Michele Bachmann responded to Obama's 2011 State of the Union speech on the Tea Party Express website; her speech was broadcast live by CNN.

Michele Bachmann insisted that her response was not intended to counter Paul Ryan's official Republican party response.

Michele Bachmann continually called for repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Michele Bachmann portrayed the Democratic leadership as timing the release of the bill's text to avoid detection of the spending.

Michele Bachmann said the spending was split up within different portions of the bill to mask its total cost.

Michele Bachmann was told this by the conservative Heritage Foundation, which claimed to have read the tallies of the Congressional Research Service and Congressional Budget Office.

Michele Bachmann later acknowledged that she was not a doctor or a scientist.

Michele Bachmann accused Huma Abedin, an aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Rep.

Michele Bachmann replied that "the intention of the letters was to outline the serious national security concerns I had and ask for answers to questions regarding the Muslim Brotherhood and other radical group's access to top Obama administration officials".

In 2013, Michele Bachmann was under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, the Federal Election Commission, the Iowa Senate Ethics Committee, the Urbandale Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation because of alleged campaign finance violations in her 2012 campaign for president.

On July 26,2013, the House Ethics Committee announced they were conducting a full investigation of Michele Bachmann, saying that they had received a referral from the Office of Congressional Ethics.

On May 29,2013, Michele Bachmann announced that she would not seek reelection to her Congressional seat in 2014.

Michele Bachmann did not rule out a future run for office, or even the White House.

Michele Bachmann co-authored a bill that would require public schools to include alternative explanations for the origin of life as part of the state's public school science curricula.

Michele Bachmann has praised the Christian youth ministry You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International, hailing "the group's work of sharing the gospel in public schools".

Michele Bachmann appeared as a keynote speaker at their fundraisers in 2006 and 2009.

In 2005, Michele Bachmann opposed Pawlenty's proposal of a state surcharge of 75 cents per pack on the wholesale cost of cigarettes.

Michele Bachmann promised to bring the price of gasoline down to $2 per gallon, without specifying a plan to accomplish this.

Michele Bachmann supports increased domestic drilling of oil and natural gas, as well as pursuing renewable sources of energy such as wind and solar.

Michele Bachmann has said that in dealing with Iran, diplomacy "is our option", but that other options, including a nuclear strike, should not be ruled out.

Michele Bachmann has said that she is "a longtime supporter of Israel".

Michele Bachmann told The Wall Street Journal that Milton Friedman, Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams influenced her economic views.

Michele Bachmann said she was "an Art Laffer fiend" and loved Ludwig von Mises.

Michele Bachmann believes that strengthened enforcement of immigration laws is required for the growth of the American job market.

Michele Bachmann supports amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow only the immediate family of legal immigrants priority consideration in the immigration process.

Michele Bachmann has said the current law does not need modification but proper enforcement.

Michele Bachmann opposed the 2013 immigration reform bill, claiming that its passage would mean the end of the Republican Party.

In December 2020, after the presidential election, Michele Bachmann posted a video online praying for a Trump second term.

Michele Bachmann said, "God then called me to run" for the US House seat, and that she and her husband fasted for three days to be more sure.

In early July 2006, Michele Bachmann received a fundraising visit from Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert.

In 2010 Michele Bachmann was challenged by DFL nominee Tarryl Clark and Independence Party candidate Bob Anderson.

In early 2011, amid substantial speculation, Michele Bachmann announced her candidacy for president.

Michele Bachmann participated in the second Republican presidential debate, in New Hampshire, on June 13,2011, and during the debate announced that she had filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission earlier that day to become a candidate for the nomination.

Michele Bachmann formally announced her candidacy for the nomination on June 27,2011, during an appearance in Waterloo, Iowa, her birth city.

On January 25,2012, Michele Bachmann announced that she would run for reelection for her seat in Congress.

In November 2011 Michele Bachmann published her autobiography, Core of Conviction, in which she outlined the events and people who have shaped her values and beliefs.

Michele Bachmann was raised in "a family of Norwegian Lutheran Democrats" and was a longtime member of Salem Lutheran Church in Stillwater.

Michele Bachmann has described Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity by Nancy Pearcey as a "wonderful" book.

Journalist Ryan Lizza has argued that Michele Bachmann's worldview is deeply influenced by the Christian movement known as Dominionism, citing the influence of Schaeffer and Pearcey as evidence.

Marcus Michele Bachmann is not a licensed clinical psychologist in Minnesota.

In personal financial disclosure reports for 2006 through 2009, Michele Bachmann reported earning $32,500 to $105,000 from a farm that was owned at the time by her ailing father-in-law, Paul Michele Bachmann.