Bachmann may not give tea party speech after all

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Tea Party Convention scheduled for next month may be losing one of its star speakers.

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann is scheduled to speak Feb. 5 to the group of grass-roots political activists meeting in Nashville.

The Republican House member says she is re-evaluating her decision to go because of conflicting information about whether she would be violating congressional ethics rules.

Bachmann says she would be happy to be a part of the gathering but adds that “it may not be possible.”

She says she has yet to make a decision.

The tea party event is organized as a for-profit venture by Tennessee lawyer Judson Phillips.

Tickets for the keynote speech by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin cost $349.

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