Rep. Michele Bachmann introduced a bill that would require abortion providers to make women listen to the fetus's heartbeat before terminating the pregnancy.

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann was barely a blip in a Saturday straw poll among Florida Republicans. In a field of eight presidential candidates, she finished last with 1.5 percent of the vote. Businessman Herman Cain won the contest with 37 percent. Texas Gov. Rick Perry finished a distant second.

Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann says she’s in the campaign for the long term. The day after the latest GOP candidate debate Bachmann insists the race consists of more than front-runners Rick Perry and Mitt Romney. Bachmann is skipping the Florida straw poll, saying the balloting there is too narrow.

Michele Bachmann tells Fox News her presidential campaign will replace New Hampshire staff members who quit last week. She says she has focused more time on Iowa because its presidential caucuses precede the New Hampshire primary.

Nearly all of Minnesota's eight-person House delegation voted for the bill -- except for DFL Representative Keith Ellison and Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann -- who was absent because of her presidential campaign.

Perhaps feeling pressure from the low poll numbers, Michele Bachmann is shifting strategy a bit with a strong, direct pitch to religious conservatives.

Trying to position herself as the most conservative choice among the Republican Party's presidential contenders, Michele Bachmann on Monday took shots at what she calls the "frugal socialists" of the right wing. She didn't name names, but said rivals Rick Perry and Mitt Romney are naive and do not know how to tackle Obama's health care law.