Today’s Mankato Free Press featured a heart-touching commentary concerning the Marriage Amendment. Your View: ‘Yes’ sign on amendment hurt Kevin Swanson, Mankato I arrived home to see your sign staring at me and my family. Your yard sign pierced through the darkness and cut deep. I have tried to steel myself against the “Vote Yes” [...]
During the House debate of the Defense Appropriations bill last week, Representative Betty McCollum (D-MN-04) informed her colleagues of some pertinent facts related to an amendment regarding military recruitment advertising. This year, they’re paying Mr. Earnhardt again $26.5 million, to which the National Guard has reported–this is what the Guard told me–20 qualified candidates expressing [...]
The Ultimate Question : “What were we afraid of ?” Speaker John Boehner (R-OH-08) said at his weekly Capitol press conference: “The president can talk about it all he wants. I’m going to stay focused on what the American people want us to stay focused on, and that’s jobs. We’ve got a lot of members [...]
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 [...]
MPR’s Mark Zdechlik and Tom Scheck report that John Kline (R-MN-02) has commented on his thoughts on the GOP Presidential nominee : Kline said he wasn’t prepared to back GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann’s campaign. Bachmann represents Minnesota’s Sixth Congressional District which borders part of Kline’s district. Kline called Bachmann “a friend” who “has certainly been [...]
The message from the Minnesota legislature is that even though existing law defines marriage, an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is necessary otherwise activist judges may overturn that definition. Activist judges ? Oh, that must include the activist judges on the Israeli Supreme Court which held that it is no longer legal for government-subsidized bus [...]
It’s a busy week in the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) as it addresses the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, but first thing first. First up is not agreeing with the Pentagon on cutting MEADS , no, it was re-establishment support for some old issues. For example, the Pentagon proposed increase of [...]
I received this from Organizing for America: This is big news: Yesterday, the full House of Representatives and the Armed Services Committee in the Senate voted to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” In his State of the Union address, President Obama pledged to end the law that denies gays and lesbians the right to serve [...]
MN Blue Blogs: Ten articles from Minnesota blogs
Graphic artist and blogger Mario Piperni, that's who. Amazing graphics, great stories.
What’s Happening in Congress, Rick Nolan Union News: 10 articles from national union blogs
