“[W]e would like to think that Bachmann, as a member of Congress, knows better than to take state funds to run a sectarian organization,” said Sandhya Bathija of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State following the Minnesota Independent’s report last summer. “Catholic Charities and other groups may receive government funding, but they must keep their religious activities separate from their social services.”
NBC News reported yesterday that Bachmann’s clinic has also taken in $137,000 in Medicaid payments. Half is comprised of federal taxpayer money, and the other half is state taxpayer money. Bachmann did not respond to NBC’s requests for comment.