John Kline (R-MN-03) has worked hard on abortion issues — just look at the bills he has sponsored this term including : H.R. 7 : No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act H.R. 23 : Sanctity of Human Life Act H.R. 61 : Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act H.R. 217 : Title X Abortion Provider [...]
The Strib reminded Minnesotans that the Sequester is still in effect … and beginning to take its toll : Starting July 1, [Air Reserve electrician Dustin] Hawkins will be among more than 2,400 federal Department of Defense employees in Minnesota forced to work a reduced, four-day week for several months. Those furloughs will be spread [...]
Quoting John Kline (R-MN-02) : It’s time to press the ‘reset’ button. This issue is far too important to be determined by partisan battles. There are solid, commonsense ideas members of all political stripes can coalesce around as we seek to stop unnecessary political bickering and formulate a solution that puts the American people ahead [...]
“You know, I couldn’t be more proud of my kids, but there’s nothing easy about paying for college. It’s why I’ll never understand those guys in Washington, like Congressman Kline. Kline’s trying to pass a law that could more than double the interest rate on college loans. Kline calls it a ‘smarter solution.’ Must be [...]
Jobs ! Jobs ! Jobs ! That was supposed to be the House Republican focus, but once again another monthly Labor Department Jobs Report was ignored by John Kline, the Chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee. For those that missed it, U.S. nonfarm payrolls added 175,000 jobs. Expectations were for 169,000 new jobs to [...]
Congress could learn a lot from Moriah Miles, the state chair of the Minnesota State University Student Association. Sadly, if you read Dr. Virginia Foxx (R-VA-05)’s press release concerning the April 16th Education and Workforce Committee hearing “Preparing for Higher Education Act Reauthorization, Subcommittee Explores the Role of Federal Student Aid”, you would not know [...]
Every once in a while even Washington can put things in the simplest of terms: #NoBudgetNoPay. My statement: kline.house.gov/press-releases… #stribpol — John Kline (@repjohnkline) January 23, 2013 The January 23rd Kline press release outlines Step One : “Every once in a while even Washington can put things in the simplest of terms: No budget, no [...]
Last week, we had not one, but two bridge failures; one in Washington state (right), the other in Missouri (below right). The week before that, we had a massive train crash due apparently to a cracked rail. One might say, those were not bridges too far, but that didn’t go far enough. In other words, [...]
The right wing politicos and their supporters like to whinge on and on and on, beating the drum of personal accountability. My observation is that you almost never, ever see any actual taking of responsibility by the right for the results of their policies or what they do legislatively. We see this in the failure [...]
QUERY Which Adage Best Describes John Kline : – If you’re not a part of the solution, there’s good money to be made in prolonging the problem. – If you’re not a part of the solution, you are the problem. – Both “As long as uncertainty hangs over our economy, small businesses and entrepreneurs will [...]
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