U.S. Representative Michelle Bachmann, leader of the Tea Party movement, announced that she will not seek re-election, and will retire from the House of Representatives.
During an impassioned speech to the House of Representatives on Thursday, Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann, spoke against the healthcare law signed into law in 2010. Derisively known as 'Obamacare' the Minnesota representative implored her fellow lawmakers to "repeal this failure before it literally kills women, kills children, kills senior citizens."