Reports that Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., sought government funding provided by the stimulus and federal agencies for her district while publicly criticizing government spending throughout 2009 and into 2010 might expose the Tea Party favorite and fiscal conservative to criticism from her right.

The Huffington Post obtained several letters that Bachmann sent to various government agencies requesting money for her district. Perhaps the most damaging language comes from an October 2009 letter to Agriculture Secretary Paul Vilsack:

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