The Untold Story of the Hoot-Smalley Act

Damon W. Root | April 29, 2009

Say what you will about Minnesota’s elected officials, they certainly keep things interesting. Following in that grand tradition, Republican Rep. Michelle Bachmann took to the House floor this week to denounce New Deal-style government interventions, and ended up blaming President Franklin Roosevelt for something she called the Hoot-Smalley Act. Watch it and weep.  

[Via Robert KC Johnson]