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Rep. Michele Bachmann slammed Edward Snowden -- the man who leaked classified documents about the U.S. government's surveillance programs -- as a "traitor."

U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga this week joined 34 colleagues in urging the Internal Revenue Service to investigate whether adoptive families were improperly targeted by the agency last year.

The White House, bless them, has threatened to veto the Farm Bill if Congress passes the House version of the legislation, which cuts $2 billion a year from the food stamp program, instead of the Senate version, which contains a mere $400 million in annual cuts.

Republicans in the U.S. House passed sweeping new restrictions on late-term abortions Tuesday, a mostly symbolic initiative that served to re-ignite social and cultural tensions that divided the nation in the last presidential election.

HuffPost Media Group Editorial Director Howard Fineman didn't have kind words for Michele Bachmann when it came to her feud with Karl Rove , but he admitted that she's "got a point" in her recent criticism of the Obama administration's decision to arm Syrian rebels.

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., questions Deputy Attorney General James Cole; Chris Inglis, deputy director of the National Security Agency; Gen.

Gen. Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency, disclosed Tuesday, June 18, 2013 that plots to bomb the New York subway system and the New York Stock Exchange were among more than 50 stopped by secret surveillance programs.

Representative Michele Bachmann, the Minnesota Republican whose status as the leading Tea Party voice in Congress has faded in the wake of a widening investigation into her campaign spending, announced that she would not seek re-election in 2014.

Twelve Republicans voted against John Boehner's second term as speaker Thursday, making for a very tense final few minutes of the vote.

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We're about 30 months away from the 2016 Iowa Caucuses , but why not take a look back at the last go-round? Filmmaker A.J. Schnack is doing just that with "Caucus," which is premiering in the U.S. at Washington's AFI Docs festival this week.

The senator from Florida had listened patiently as a panel of hand-picked conservatives, lined up across a long table at the front of the room, took turns speaking about the prospects of immigration reform.

Comedy outlet Funny or Die uploaded a video to YouTube on Monday that mock's Rep. Michele Bachmann's retirement from the House of Representatives.

Speaker John Boehner , R-Ohio, will not bring a comprehensive immigration reform bill up to a vote on the House floor without the nod from a majority of his Republican colleagues.

A former intern filed a class-action lawsuit Monday against Warner Music Group and Atlantic Records over his unpaid internship, similar to a spate of recent lawsuits in other industries pushing back against the widespread practice.

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham is the latest in an ever-lengthening string of GOP spokespeople concerned about the state of their party, a string which includes Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly .

ST. CLOUD, Minn. - A third Republican is formally in the race to succeed retiring Rep. Michele Bachmann in Minnesota's 6th Congressional District.

Gov. Rick Perry is usually quick to admit that he's prone to making mistakes while behind a podium, and on Saturday he did so again, just moments before appearing to confuse Libya with Lebanon .

Now that Republican U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann has said she won't run for re-election in Minnesota's 6th Congressional District, Democrats are looking for another target.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Sept. 17, 2011, 11:05pm ET -- Rep. Ron Paul may have won the presidential straw poll at the California GOP 2011 Fall Convention pulling away, but at a party dinner Friday evening, where Rep. Michele Bachmann was the principal speaker, the Minnesota congresswoman won the reception.