Rep. Michele Bachmann said she is reconsidering her trip to Nashville next week for the national Tea Party convention. Bachmann said new information her office learned after she accepted the invitation to speak — such as the fact that the convention was organized by a for-profit group — has caused her to reevaluate her attendance.

"We're trying to work with the (House Ethics) committee to even find out if it's possible to go," the Minnesota Republican said. "If there isn't a clear-cut answer from the Standards Committee, then I don't know that I would be able to go." Bachmann said she wanted to be absolutely sure she would not violate ethics guidelines, especially in light of last week's landmark Supreme Court ruling on corporations and campaign finance. "We're getting conflicting advice from different sources," Bachmann said. "If the advice is conflicting, I think we need to err on the side of caution." Bachmann emphasized that her hesitation to speak in Nashville was, "not in any way a repudiation of the Tea Party movement or what the Tea Party is doing." However, she said, "If, because of ethics rules I, as a member of Congress, would put myself in a difficult position or potentially be in violation of those rules, I can't go." Hayley Tsukayama is an intern at the Star Tribune's Washington bureau.