breathed new life into that movement. carol. i was going to ask you that, we haven t heard from michelle bachman in time. she was the tea party leader. we haven t heard a people in now. reporter: she had that bruising company. so she s been somewhat out of the limelight. she came back really after the president hitting him pretty hard throughout this news conference, asking about this irs scandal. what does the president snow when did the president know it? that s a reference to richard nixon and watergooet. the questions asked of mr. nixon back then. i asked her, are you calling for impeefment? she said not a weekend goes by when she talks to her constituents when they don t ask her about impeachment. she said, we don t want to jump to conclusion, after the fuse conference was over, i asked her about some of her comments, she said she feels this irs scandal is worse tan watergate. obviously the white house is going to strenuously disagree
tragedy. drew griffin, cnn, watertown, massachusetts. the irs coming under more scrutiny after the agency attacked more tea party groups and why the tea party group says the scandal has implications involving healthcare. jim acosta is outside the capital. reporter: that s right, carol, michelle bachman, the congress woman, she said the irs scandal is worse than watergate. we ll have some details coming up in just a few moments. we are gathered here today to celebrate the union of tim and laura. it s amazing how appreciative people are when you tell them they could save a lot of money on their car insurance by switching to geico.they may even make you their best man. may i have the rings please? ah, helzberg diamonds. nice choice, mate. .and now in the presence of these guests we join this loving couple. oh dear. geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance.
court. so congressman bachman is saying this opposite up all sorts of questions to whether or not americans would have to approve of certain things in order to get their healthcare tax waived. obviously, you know, some of that, democrats are going to say, that s a lot of hyperbole. that was the case. it was one of the themes running throughout this news conference. they had a lot of tea party leaders come up here and faulk to reporters. it was interesting to hear what they have to say. we have been hearing over the last several day what is some of tease pea party leaders had to go through to get their tax exempt status from the irs. a woman from south carolina, a tea party mom says her organization wasn t making money, wasn t receiving donation, yet, she had to go through years of questions from the irs in order to get her tax on status for her group. a lot of complaining here. they say this irs scandal
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members of the united states congress, people in imported positions of power who are pointing fingers at individuals working in this government making allegations or spreading innuendo about them without any direct evidence. they re dragging people s names and reputations through the mud. these are the five members of congress we re talking about. over the weekend, they ve got a new and powerful ally seem. he refers to congressman bachman and the others as the national security five. he blames political correctness to the threat. he goes on. the national security five are doing their duty and asking difficult questions designed to make america safer. asking the difficult question, he says. he says that critics are the five, in his words, the kind of willful blindness that keeps america at risk. now, they ve named these two to investigate muslim brotherhood infiltration. on the left is a member of president obama s homeland security advisory council. on the right is hillary cl