Rep. Joe Barton wasn’t the only member of Congress uncomfortable with the government agreeing with BP to put $20 billion into an escrow fund for claims of the victims of the BP oil disaster.

Michele Bachmann has said some funny stuff--like that maybe members of Congress should be investigated for anti-Americanism--but maybe it's time for headlines to be a little kinder to the potential ...

Michele Bachmann claims Swiss citizenship. But why? May 9, 2012— -- Michele Bachmann is now a Swiss citizen. The Minnesota congresswoman and former Republican presidential candidate was recently ...

Why have House Republicans pursued their effort to defund, and now to delay, Obamacare so relentlessly, even though they have almost zero chance of success in the face of a rapidly-approaching ...

Michele Bachmann isn't out of the woods just yet. The House Ethics Committee said Wednesday that it will continue its review of the Minnesota Republican congresswoman over an allegation that she ...

Self-styled Sarah Palin wannabe Congresswoman Michele Bachmann managed to tap dance around a number of very smart questions from Geraldo Rivera during an appearance on his show the other night. When ...

Former Bachmann staffers say they have been questioned by investigators. March 25, 2013— -- Federal investigators are probing allegations that Rep. Michele Bachmann, or members of her staff, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On the campaign trail in Iowa, Rep. Michele Bachmann’s response to the argument that ...

The press finds photographs of Michele Bachmann looking like she has crazy eyes irresistible. On the cover of Newsweek this week, she looks like a disturbed woman in pearls staring into the hazy ...

This is the latest installment in a series of reading guides on 2012 presidential candidates. Here are the other guides. Many of her major career and life decisions have been made, she says, according ...