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Published: 01/29/10

Michele Bachmann, Marsha Blackburn Back Out of Tea Party Convention

By  David Sessions - Politics Daily
Michele Bachmann, Marsha Blackburn Back Out of Tea Party Convention

Amid a growing row over the planning and financial arrangements of the upcoming Tea Party Convention in Nashville, Reps. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) have backed out of the conservative event, Politico reports. The two representatives cited uncertainty about where the money from the event would be going as their reason for declining to participate. They were scheduled to join Sarah Palin as speakers. Controversy over the convention began earlier this week, when several Tea Party groups accused the event's organizer, a little-known Tennessee lawyer, of ...

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