Michele Bachmann is Gone, But the Tea Party Caucus Lives On
It is unclear how many House members will join the third iteration of the limited-government caucus.
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(Bloomberg) -- Michele Bachmann is retired and gone from the U.S. House of Representatives, but her once-prominent House Tea Party Caucus is about to tea-off again under new management.
“I’m going to be chairman of the Tea Party Caucus. We’re taking that over. We are going to reinvigorate that,” said Representative Tim Huelskamp of Kansas, in an interview about the planned re-boot today.