After months of inaction (unless you count the repeal of Obamacare and defunding of public broadcasting … which should not be counted since only the House has taken action), this week, the House of Representatives may finally vote on legislation that could create jobs and invest in education (although John Kline’s (R-MN-02) Education Committee held [...]
Tim Pawlenty, (Republican GINO-MN … and for those not familiar with the acronym GINO, it stands for Governor In Name Only which Pawlenty earned during his last years as Minnesota’s Governor traipsing around the country while ignoring the taxpayer’s needs) has taken the next step in a Presidential run by announcing “the creation of an [...]
“It’s a legal …. Leave me alone” was the response from John Boehner (R-OH-08) to a January 30th Fox News Sunday question offered by host Chris Wallace to Boehner’s smoking habit. OK, I get it … as part of an overall “government intrusion into people’s medical decisions”, I suppose that Mr. Boehner would not want [...]
Mother’s Advice : “IF it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” One of President Ronald Reagan’s favorite pieces of advice was “Trust but verify” … well, when reviewing politician’s press releases, it should be “Verify before trusting”. So it is, when I read John Kline’s (R-MN-02) latest press release : “For too [...]
Here’s a great topic for discusssion on the Roundtable … David Husom and Ann-Marie Rose have written an OpEd for Red Wing’s The Republican Eagle which every student should read … as well as any parent who may be contributing to the student’s College Fund. Commentary : For-profit schools benefit at public expense High school [...]
Revisiting John Kline’s press release issued in response to President Obama’s State of the Union address, a couple of points stick out. Mr. Kline addresses the need to constrain spending while citing some of the “good things” that he is involved in – such as supporting schools and the military … all with the message [...]
The work pace at the House Education and Workforce Committee under John Kline’s (R-MN-02) has been … oh, how can we say it kindly … as slow as molasses in January (and that can be deadly ). Mr. Kline assumed the Chairmanship in January and he called one committee meeting that month … in February [...]
I was listening to Sean Hannity’s radio program when Michele Bachmann (R-MN-06) joined the program to promote her mission to defund Obamacare and I had to marvel at her poor Press Secretary who has to handle all these media requests … after all, Ms. Bachmann was just on Sunday’s Meet The Press. That got be [...]
America is at war, and yesterday the House voted on HR 525 … the bill was approved but there was strong dissent by the Republican majority with 138 saying NO including Minnesotans John Kline (R-MN-02), Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) and Michele Bachmann (R-MN-06). Looking particularly at the members of the House Armed Services Committee, all the [...]
Political Axiom : As Ohio goes in the Electoral College determines the presidency. Testing the Axiom : In 2004, if Ohio’s 20 Electoral College votes had gone to John Kerry, Kerry would have won 272 to 266. George Bush’s popular vote margin in Ohio was 2% despite Ohio’s declining employment levels … so what was [...]
MN Blue Blogs: Ten articles from Minnesota blogs
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