Human Events: Rep. Michelle Bachmann’s (R-Minn.) new House Tea Party Caucus has been given the go ahead by the House Administration Committee. They have met all requirements for the formation of an official caucus in the House of Representatives.

Approval of the Tea Party Caucus was granted in the wake of an attempt by the NAACP and its Democrat allies to paint those associated with Tea Party organizations as racist. The NAACP at a convention this month even passed a resolution denouncing the Tea Parties as racist…

Bachmann’s Tea Party Caucus will be the target of all sorts of slurs and innuendo. Yet the truth is membership in the new caucus reveals those in Congress who believe in listening to the people’s voice—no matter their color or creed—as their representatives, not their rulers.

That’s what the Tea Parties are all about.

A spokesman for House Republican leader John Boehner (Ohio) said that as a personal rule, Boehner belongs to only one caucus, the House Republican Conference.

Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), chairman of the House Republican Conference said he would be joining the new Tea Party Caucus.

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