Pelosi: Bachmann is imagining things

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi dismissed Rep. Michele Bachmann on Thursday for saying that health care reform includes $105 billion in hidden spending, saying that the claim is completely “imaginary.”

Last week, Bachmann accused Democrats of “legislative fraud of the highest order” for including $105 billion in mandatory spending in the legislation without explaining the funds to other lawmakers. She said they “deceitfully” hid the funds, and pointed to a Congressional Research Service report released in October to bolster her comments.

The comments have been deemed mysterious by various observers, including the Washington Post's "Fact Checker," which called her claim "bordering on ridiculous."

Pelosi said Bachmann’s just imagining things.

“I love numbers. Real numbers, not imaginary numbers,” Pelosi said Thursday after a press conference celebrating the upcoming one-year anniversary of reform’s passage. “I’m not even going to address that.”

The legislation does actually include at least $100 billion in mandated spending. But it was posted online for 72 hours before being voted on, available to both members of Congress and the general public.

Even Republican leaders are skeptical of Bachmann’s claim.

“I don't quite know where the 105 number comes from,” Majority Leader Eric Cantor said when asked about the figure on Tuesday.