What is Michele Bachmann?
[[File:Bachmann2011.jpg|thumb|right|180px|{{center|Michele Bachmann in 2011}}]] '''Michele Marie ([[née]] Amble) Bachmann''' (born April 6, 1956)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2012.republican-candidates.org/Bachmann/Biography.php|title=Michele Bachmann|author=|website=|publisher=republican-candidates.org|accessdate=19 September 2015|archive-date=5 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405003255/http://2012.republican-candidates.org/Bachmann/Biography.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] [[politician]] and [[activist]]. Since 2007 she has been a [[United States]] [[Congresswoman]] from [[Minnesota]]. == Early life and career == She was born in [[Waterloo, Iowa]] but grew up in [[Anoka, Minnesota]]. At age 16 she became a [[Christian|born again Christian]].<ref name=Bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/michele-bachmann-20601017|title=Michele Bachmann Biography|author=|website=|publisher=Bio/A&E Television Networks, LLC|accessdate=19 September 2015|archive-date=14 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914063859/http://www.biography.com/people/michele-bachmann-20601017|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1974 she spent a summer on a [[Kibbutz]] near [[Beer Sheva]], [[Israel]].<ref name=Bio/> She went to [[college]] at [[Winona State University]]. In the 1980s and 90s, she was a [[Attorney|tax attorney]]. She was also a [[pro-life]] [[wikt:advocate|advocate]]. She served in the [[Minnesota Senate|Minnesota State Senate]] from 2001 to 2007. Since 2007, she has been a U.S. [[Congresswoman]] from Minnesota's 6th district.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.startribune.com/people-topics-michele-bachmann/189389471/|title=michele bachmann|author= |website= |publisher=StarTribune.accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref> Bachmann is one of the [[leader]]s of the [[Tea Party movement]] in Congress. She started the Congressional Tea Party [[Caucus]]. She has often been critical of [[Barack Obama|President Obama]], who she considers anti-[[United S