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Michele Bachmann gives her acceptance speech after winning the 6th district congressional race at the Minnesota Republican Party headquarters in the Sheraton Hotel in Bloomington, Minn. (MPR Photo/Chris Kelleher)

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Census briefs Bachmann's office on privacy concerns

by Cathy Wurzer, Minnesota Public Radio
June 26, 2009

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U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., says she will leave most of her U.S. Census survey blank next year, even though that violates the law. Bachmann told Fox News she is "just not comfortable" answering questions about income and commuting time. MPR's Cathy Wurzer discusses the situation with a Census Bureau official.

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