Ouch: Tea Party rally cost taxpayers almost $14,000

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Ouch: Tea Party rally cost taxpayers almost $14,000

Ouch: Tea Party rally cost taxpayers almost $14,000

http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0414/tea-party-rally-cost-taxpayers-14000/

By Sahil Kapur
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 -- 10:54 am

As Michele Bachmann riled a group of feisty Tea Partiers to rail against taxes and government spending, taxpayers were quietly forced to pick up a $13,600 tab for their festivities.

New expense reports from last November's Tea Party gathering in Washington, D.C. reveal that the rally comprising thousands of protesters was funded by official congressional money, according to the the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

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