Like having to pay for the clean up of Walmarts illegally dumping toxic waste, where tax payers involuntarily subsidize the profits of the Walton family, we are having to pay to make up the difference between a fair and significantly higher wage, and for the Walmart unfair, discriminatory and illegal labor practices, with the Walton [...]
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While many House Members were visiting constituents this week, John Kline finally emerged from his Washington home on Friday for an appearance on TPT Almanac program. This was the cap-off to Chairman Kline’s media blitz day — MakingUp News with an OpEd and radio appearances on WCCO and MPR. Chairman Kline was last sighted the [...]
John Kline wanted to let all his FACEBOOK friends know not to miss the 2013 Taxpayers Rally held this past Saturday: The theme was to protest high taxes, economic freedom, the freedom to keep and bear arms, and the freedom to choose to join a union or not … with featured speakers Grover Norquist, Representative [...]
After noting that Erik Paulsen received strong financial support from the Medical Device industry this quarter, it seems appropriate to review John Kline’s FEC filing. Yes, there are contributions from special interests that would be concerned with legislation that Chairman Kline may consider in the Education and Workforce Committee, but what struck out were the [...]
BREAKING NEWS : Erik Paulsen honored with The Chamber of Commerce’s prestigious “Spirit of Enterprise” award which is given annually to members of Congress based on rankings it gives for key business votes Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) had another solid fundraising quarter tallying $359,734 resulting a nice $941,340 balance in his campaign war chest. While it [...]
John Kline is silent no more … sorta Kline Statement on Upper Big Branch Anniversary WASHINGTON, D.C. | April 5, 2013 – U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today released the following statement on the third anniversary of the Upper Big Branch mining disaster: A reckless mine operator and [...]
John Kline (R-MN-02), a 25-year veteran of the Marine Corps, took time this morning to enjoy breakfast with Minnesota DAV I appreciated hearing from fellow veterans this morning at the #Minnesota DAV breakfast. #veterans twitter.com/repjohnkline/s… — John Kline (@repjohnkline) February 27, 2013 What was discussed is unknown; yet, most likely the subject of the impending [...]
We have a lot of debate and conversations about government. What it is – and isn’t, what it does, what it should and should not do – there is relatively little agreement, but a lot of opinions. Some of that opinion is better informed than others. This post presumes to take a look at some [...]
On Friday, Representative Erik Paulsen held a news conference to promote his Medical Tax Refund and Repeal legislation. While Representative Paulsen could have brought any of the 64 Minnesota companies who have been identified as advocating for repeal, he promoted SIGNUS Medical, LLC of Chanhassen. SIGNUS Medical may not be a well-known name … Founded [...]
We’re talking here about the U.S. population, not Alaska versus contiguous states; I made the play on words in the title because some of the people I’ve talked with recently who hadn’t followed R-money’s latest mega-gaffe didn’t get the reference, mistaking it for the common reference to the location of states as in the ‘lower [...]
MN Blue Blogs: Ten articles from Minnesota blogs
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Union News: 10 articles from national union blogs
