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April 30, 2012 posting to the CravaackForCongress, entitled While Gas Prices Soar, Minnesotans Feel the Squeeze sets a populist tone … a strong-willed Congressman fighting against the Power of the President (highlights below): Under President Obama’s watch, the price of gasoline has shot up 95 percent. Washington politicians continue to put up artificial obstacles, and Follow this link to read more of: MN-08 : While Gas Prices Soar, Cravaack Leads (or Misleads?) On Thursday, Representative Raymond Cravaack (R-MN-08) reminded his followers on FACEBOOK that : The House has taken action on the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline four times to address rising energy costs and job creation. Very interesting … but did you know that between 2009 and 2011, the United States experienced three consecutive years Follow this link to read more of: MN-08 : Cravaack Ignores CBO Report to Pump Keystone QUERY : Is there any tax loophole that the Republicans would be willing to close as an offset for maintaining Stafford Loan interests at the present level ? For those who doubt Mitt Romney’s assertion that Corporations are people, need to consider Gingrich Holdings, Inc. or the John R. Edwards, P.A. … yep, just a Follow this link to read more of: Republicans Reject NEWT Act To Offset Student Loans Finally, the race is on … no, not the preliminary AnyoneButRomney time-waster, but the real race … the money race … and on Thursday, Mitt Romney was in full “open-your-wallet” mode. Approximately, 700 donors paid $2,500 to have dinner with the presumptive Republican nominee at the White Palace (surely, they were hoping to enjoy a Follow this link to read more of: Who Will Respond : You’re nothing but a worthless coal miner. $10.6 billion is a lot of money … even spread out over ten years … and for what … spreading manure … well at least that’s the way that Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA-07) described the program that was declared the YouCut winner earlier this year : The Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Stewardship Program makes Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : House Ignores YouCut Targeted Kline Subsidized Farm Today Minnesota’s native son, Norm Ornstein, along with Thomas E. Mann penned a Must-Read OpEd entitled : Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem. We have been studying Washington politics and Congress for more than 40 years, and never have we seen them this dysfunctional. In our past writings, we have criticized both Follow this link to read more of: GRIDLOCK UPDATE : Kline Still Sitting on Military and Veterans Education Protection Act It’s very early in the political process, as John Kline does not who is the DFL challenger is yet, but based on a recent MPR set of poll questions, Mr. Kline should be concerned. The polls were taken during an online forum featuring two of the three candidates who are competing for the DFL endorsement. Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : Polls Brings Bad News for John Kline At an October 25, 2011 hearing of the Higher Education and Lifelong Learning Subcommittee, Chairman John Kline (R-MN-02) and other members agreed that a 6.8% interest rate is too high for student loans. Consider that Treasury bonds are being sold at a 2 percent yield and a 30-year fixed home mortgage is under 4 percent Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : Kline OK With Cutting Women’s Health For Student Loans Last week, the Republican-managed House successfully passed HR 9 The Small Business Tax Cut … the cost $45.95Billion … for one year … with a projected 39,000 jobs created … with no offsets – so the National Debt will rise. The Republicans plan to find offsets later. This week, the Republican-managed House is focused on Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : After Passing Unpaid Business Tax Cut, Will Kline Increase Student Interest Rates Pay For It ? Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) is campaigning hard in the 2012 New Media Challenge by taking to Twitter to encourage people to Like him. (Background : The New Media Challenge uses taxpayer-paid House.gov website and other taxpayer-paid services to “push the House GOP to be more innovative in its online communications. A spirited competition goes a long Follow this link to read more of: MN-03 : Paulsen Tweets Complaints, Then Pushes Bill That Compounds the Complaints Good thing, the House is in session today or I might not have known that today is …. National Golf Day ! Yep, just last week, people were questioning whether women should be welcomed as members at the Augusta National Golf Club … but that was so last week. This week, the House has already Follow this link to read more of: Do Nothing House Top Issues – Polar Bear Trophies and Golf Brett Neely at MPR has an interesting story about a tax cut that John Kline (R-MN-02) is pushing … Republicans prefer to use are “growth” and “opportunity” — particularly for small business. Which is why House Republicans, including 2nd District Rep. John Kline, have unveiled a one-year tax cut for companies that employ fewer than Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : What Will Kline’s Tax Cut for the Super Bowl Champs Cost ? QUERY : As CEO with 18 employees and operating costs of $1,273,567.46, a management consultant, who you endorse for his past accomplishments and vision for the future, observes that your have excessive personnel and your spending has caused you to increase your borrowing, how do you address employment compensation ? Specifically: do you grant salary Follow this link to read more of: MN-03 : Prelude to Wage Freeze, Paulsen Staff Salaries Soar The Republican-managed Do-Nothing House took a break during debating HR 2117 – PROTECTING ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN HIGHER EDUCATION ACT, to allow Representative Steve LaTourette (R-OH-14) to interrupt : 3:42:30 P.M. (By unanimous consent, Mr. LaTourette was allowed to speak out of order.) Mr. LaTOURETTE. I thank my colleagues for their attention. Madam Chair, sadly, in Follow this link to read more of: After A Moment of Silence For Chardon Shooting, House Praises Cabot Guns |
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