NCLB = HU&W John Kline (R-MN-02) appeared on MPR’s MidDay program answering questions on Afghanistan, the economy, Republican Presidential candidates, carrying the “nuclear football”, but most of all there was a lengthy discussion on education issues. The answers were pretty much the same regardless of the question … HU&W …. especially regarding No Child Left [...]
John Kline (R-MN-02) will be Gary Eichten’s guest on MPR MidDay program at 11 AM on Thursday, September 29.
What does it say about someone that sponsors a bill acknowledging “I don’t want to take the power away from the presidency; I want to take the power away from this President” ? That’s the message behind the HR 2497 … the HALT Act … as the bill only suspends statutory provisions and the discretionary [...]
There was a moment during the Fox News-Google GOP Presidential debate on September 22, 2011 when the audience turned ugly … rekindling memories of the Vietnam era. Memories that should have been repressed …. the emotional conflict of Vietnam impacted America when not every soldier was greeted as they should have been. “I was in [...]
Lost in the headlines between John Kline (R-MN-02) self-congratulating his efforts to increase federal spending on charter schools from the current funding level of $256 million in FY2011 to $300 million starting in FY2012 … and State Representative Patrick Garofalo (R-36B – Farmington) efforts to protect taxpayers from “fleecing” from school districts seeking levies, … [...]
How do you measure success ? John Kline (R-MN-02) held his second Career & Jobs Fair on Monday, September 19th at the Eagan Community Center, which can be viewed as a success based on Mr. Kline’s assessment that more than 1,100 Minnesota job seekers attended. “As I visited with Minnesotans at the fair I was [...]
After years of excessive spending, the United States is facing difficult economic and fiscal straits, Mr. Chairman. Presently, our country is suffering under $14.39 trillion dollars in national debt and roughly 40 cents of every dollar we spend must be borrowed and placed on the backs of our children. Make no mistake, funding for government [...]
Remember John Kline’s (R-MN-02) call to push the Reset Button on healthcare reform ? “Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my concern the consequences of the majority party’s proposed health reform to the members of our greatest generation. As my colleagues have stated over and over today, the bill under consideration in the house [...]
“For a decade, Americans have quietly gone about their lives in relative peace, immune to the sacrifices common of a wartime society. There has been no rationing, no war bonds and no evening blackouts.” “This is just me — and this is probably a good way to lose an election, but that’s not the reason [...]
“Make no mistake about it, Minnesota will be a battleground state in 2012. I believe Barack Obama will lose here in 2012.” — RNC Chair Reince Priebus (as reported by Tom Scheck of MPR during a reporter briefing held after holding private fundraisers for the RNC and the Minnesota Republican Party.) To win a battleground [...]
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