MACTV UPDATE JUNE 17, 2011
WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) - Representative Michele Bachmann was one of the winners of this week's debate between Republican presidential hopefuls for the party's 2012 nomination.
Here are a few facts about Bachmann:
* Bachmann, 55, is founder and head of the House of Representatives' Tea Party Caucus. She was one of the first elected officials to court the Tea Party that helped fuel Republican gains in the 2010 midterm elections with calls for spending cuts and reduced government.
WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) - Representative Michele Bachmann was one of the winners of this week's debate between Republican presidential hopefuls for the party's 2012 nomination.
Here are a few facts about Bachmann:
* Bachmann, 55, is founder and head of the House of Representatives' Tea Party Caucus. She was one of the first elected officials to court the Tea Party that helped fuel Republican gains in the 2010 midterm elections with calls for spending cuts and reduced government.
