The Tea Party just got an official voice in Washington, thanks to a leading Republican representative who recently filed the necessary paperwork to create a Tea Party Caucus for the grassroots group.

Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota) says her newly formed House Tea Party Caucus was approved Monday, so she plans to invite everyday Americans to talk to members about Tea Party issues. She filed the necessary paperwork last week and requested that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) approve the caucus.

"The purpose is to listen," Bachmann reports. "Congress will not be driving the Tea Party. We are not a voice for the Tea Party, nor are we vouching for the Tea Party. We are simply listening because the main thing we've heard from people is that Congress is not listening to the people"....