and psychological associations say there s no evidence that it works and there s plenty of evidence in fact it can be hurtful and harmful. for days now congresswoman bachmann and her husband refused to answer questions about it. but today in minneapolis star tribune he defends the clinicses saying he and others do not deny they have tried to help homosexuals become heteroswals but it s not a specialty service and only at the client as request. will i address it? certainly. we ll talk about it. adding is it a remedy form that i typically would use? it is at the client s distropical depression. five years ago he flat out denied his counselling service engaged in reparative statement. the most he would say about it back then, if someone is interested in talking to us about their homosexuality we re open to talking about that. if someone comes in a homosexual and they want to stay homosexual i don t have a problem with that . he says reparative therapy is not a focus at bachman
proud of all job creators in the united states. that s what people really care about. we know you re running for president of the united states, but what about the clinic? this story was first reported by the nation s magazine s mariah blake. now she joins me along with her is andrew ramirez, who attended the bachmann clinic in 2004, and said his therapist there tried to cure him of his homosexual. mariah blake, tell me about your story, what you found out about this clinic and its connection to taxpayers? i think the thing that is interesting here is we re not talking about something financed by believers in a certain religion or certain feeling. the government aid received by the center, the bachmann & associates christian counseling center, medicaid
that economic conversation right now. and focusing right now on domestic issues. the chicago tribune s clarence page, thanks for joining us. always a pleasure. next michele bachmann and the medicaid payments she may need to explain to her tea party supporters. look at that car, well, it goes fast givin my dad a heart attack
her clinic should discriminate against low income people. let s be clear. there is nothing wrong with the mental health clinic like bachmann and associates providing services to medicaid patients. the contradiction here or the questions god raised about this is because michele bachmann is of course a tea party favorite, has been quite a vocal critic of government programs across the board including medicaid. when governor mark dayton of minnesota signed an order to expand medicaid payments to medicaid to about 59,000 minnesota residents, she flew back home to join with legislators to denounce such a move, describing it as actually i have that for you, michael. i have her exact quote, she said right now governor dayton is wants to commit minnesota tax payers to add even more welfare
republicans say it s a payoff to unions that taxpayers just can t afford. karen traverse is in washington with a preview this morning. good morning, karen. good morning, rob and vinita. with the midterm elections looming, the last place members of congress want to be is here for tecs, a billion to help states meet their medicaid payments. with the new school year just weeks away, speaker pelosi said the house could not wait until september to get this bill to president obama s desk. the battle lines are clearly drawn. democrats say it helps state and local governments save tens of thousands of teacher jobs, and pay for medical services for the poor. in my own state, they estimate that they will save the jobs of 7,000 teachers. and that s critically important. reporter: republicans call it more misguided stimulus and say the democrats are passing on another hefty bill to the american taxpayers. at this outrageous rate of spending, the obama administration and congress are