Bachmann Says She'd Consider Everglades Drilling
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said Sunday that she would consider oil and natural gas drilling in the Everglades if it can be done without harming the environment.
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Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said Sunday that she would consider oil and natural gas drilling in the Everglades if it can be done without harming the environment.
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said Thursday that America needs a miracle to recover its economic footing and retain its position as leader of the world.
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry says President Obama's call for the resignation of the Syrian president is long overdue.
House Republicans plan to reach out to Minnesotans at the State Fair and through public meetings to build a 2012 legislative agenda focused on making government more efficient.
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Wednesday definitively ruled out a 2012 campaign for the U.S. Senate after ending his Republican bid for the White House a few days ago.
Rick Perry says he does not believe in global warming. The newest Republican presidential candidate also says he would not have signed the debt-ceiling compromise brokered by Republicans and Democrats.
Thousands of Iowa Republicans munched on barbecue and mingled with presidential hopefuls on a college campus where they began voting Saturday in the first test to see how the candidates trying to unseat President Barack Obama are faring with the GOP base.
Tim Pawlenty, climate change skeptic? Minnesota's ex-governor is a former believer, whose previous views on global warming are melting faster than the polar ice caps.
Republican congresswoman Michele Bachmann says that if she's elected president "it won't take that long" for her to turn around the ailing economy.
Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty plans to fade from Iowa's paid airwaves just days from the critical GOP straw poll.
Same-sex marriage might seem like a straightforward issue: You're for it or against it. Yet for the field of Republican presidential hopefuls, it's proving to be an awkward topic as public attitudes change and more states legalize gay unions, the latest being New York.
Rep. Michele Bachmann steadfastly refused Thursday to answer questions about her family's business and finances, saying that she -- not her husband -- was the one seeking the White House.
The campaigns of Republican presidential hopefuls Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty resumed their war of words Sunday, arguing via press release over which candidate has the stronger conservative credentials.
A group of Republican state senators hope to prevent future Minnesota government shutdowns through a plan to continue spending even if politicians can't agree on a budget.
Republican Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann says she will submit only balanced budgets if she's elected president next year.
An end to Minnesota's nearly three-week-long state government shutdown came into view Tuesday, when Gov. Mark Dayton called the Legislature into a special session to vote on a budget deal.
An aide to Republican Michele Bachmann says the Minnesota Republican can withstand the rigors of a campaign and the stress of serving as president.
The abrupt agreement on a budget deal to end Minnesota's government shutdown, in which Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton dropped his call for new taxes and Republicans agreed to spend more than they wanted, has some people wondering why it had to happen at all.
The sole Republican currently in Minnesota's 2012 U.S. Senate race has more debt than available cash in his first federal fundraising report.
Democrats didn't get faked out in the first of four elections in Wisconsin over the next month that will determine whether anger over Gov. Scott Walker's anti-union proposal will translate into a loss of power for Republicans in the Statehouse.
Gov. Mark Dayton will hit the road Tuesday morning to tout his budget plan and to criticize Republican lawmakers.
Republican Michele Bachmann will spend her third consecutive weekend in Iowa during a three-day swing that includes the opening of her presidential campaign headquarters there.
Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty told Iowa residents Wednesday that the prestige of the state caucuses is riding on the experience of the winner chosen during the leadoff nominating contest next February.
Gov. Mark Dayton and top Republicans met again Wednesday without meaningful progress toward resolving the budget dispute that has shut down state government.
