Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) does not get enough praise for his public comments about medical research and prevention … For example, on November 29th, Mr. Paulsen spoke urging the Republican-managed Do-Nothing House move forward on H.R. 1897, the Alzheimer’s Breakthrough Act : With over 5 million Americans suffering from this degenerative disease of the brain, Alzheimer’s [...]
In his last telephone town hall Congressman Cravacck repeatedly used what appear to be highly inaccurate figures for new jobs which will be created by the Keystone XL pipeline. He claimed there would be an immediate 20,000 jobs created and another 1,000,000 ancillary jobs resulting from the pipeline going forward. No one supports the claim [...]
The vote was largely along partylines … 14 Republicans defections and 10 Democrats. Roll Call 923 … HR 3630 … the Republican Job Creation bill. The defections did not change anything as the Party Managers had pre-determined that the Republican Majority would declare victory. The Minnesota delegation had Tim Walz (D-MN-01) joining with John Kline [...]
The Department of Health and Human Services recently overruled the Food and Drug Administration by refusing to relax Morning After pill restrictions. If you are under 18, you still need a prescription to obtain Plan B. If you are over 18, you can get the package behind many drug store counters. Advocates for women’s rights (Facebook, [...]
Many Conservatives point to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for inspiration, and while America has Presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann to consider. Consider these quotes : “My policies are based not on some economics theory, but on things I and millions like me were brought up with: an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay” – [...]
Under Speaker Boehner’s Pillar of the New Majority, the end of “pork” was assured … you, know that old practice whereby the Party Managers would find a way to get some “Congressional Projects” approved for those districts where the incumbent might have a “tough” re-election. Yep, “pork” is gone … so, the District may not [...]
First an update, Tim Walz’s (D-MN-01) STOCK Act has now garnered 202 sponsors, but that still does not include Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) … the most recent sponsors include such influential Republicans as Jim Jordan (R-OH), the Chairman of the Republican Study Group and noted fiscal-hawk Jeff Flake (R-AZ) …. While Mr. Paulsen has remained eerily [...]
Considering Mitt Romney’s aversion to press interviews, the curious question after The LA Times article questioning Romney’s job creation during his Bain Capital years, who would the campaign offer as “spin-master” ? BACKGROUND : Key comments from the article entitled : A closer look at Mitt Romney’s job creation record – Romney and his team [...]
Ed Royce (R-CA-40) was pretty quick to issue a press release after the Financial Service’s Committee hearing on HR 1148 : “It is that perception of crony capitalism which threatens our free enterprise system and our republic and it is that perception which we have to address here in Congress — Washington must be held [...]
You know the words … Over the last decade, our economy has stumbled. It’s affected everyone. However, one thing hasn’t changed is the way government spends your tax dollars. We must work together now to resolve our spending-driven debt crisis. There is no other issue that affects the livelihood of more Americans than the need [...]
MN Blue Blogs: Ten articles from Minnesota blogs
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What’s Happening in Congress, Rick Nolan Union News: 10 articles from national union blogs
