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Paulsen Uses WMD To Defeat ObamaCare

The Republican mid-term election game plan was outlined in Erza Klein’s column on Friday : Step 1 : Create problems for Obamacare. Step 2 : Blame Obamacare for the problems. Step 3 : Political profit ! So it was not a surprise that on Earth Day, the Star-Tribune would waste a few trees with an [...]

Dream Big Dreams Not Part of Kline’s Agenda

President Barack Obama’s signature on a wall in a health classroom at Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he attended a town hall meeting on health care, June 11, 2009. The physical education and health staff left a note asking the President to sign the wall for future students to see. (Official White [...]

Kline Absent as Committee Hears Plea for Pell Grants

The Comment Chairman Kline Did Not Want To Hear : “Attempting to balance the budget by reducing federal aid to students diminishes our odds of future success.” That comment was made at a Field Hearing on “Reviving our Economy: The Role of Higher Education in Job Growth and Development” on April 9 at Monroe County [...]

Paulsen Finds His Word on Page 3 of the Industry Talking Points

QUERY : Would you buy a stock that earned 15.5% net on it’s sales (that would be $695 million from a net sales of $4,471.7 million) … roughly $4 per share with a market price under $70 … and pays a dividend of 72 cents per share ? Would you be more inclined to purchase [...]

Paulsen Hears About Primary Challenger and “Not Another Dime”

When Will Paulsen’s Committee Hold a Hearing on the Onerous Medical Device Tax ? Paulsen Bill to Repeal Medical Device Tax Gains Critical 218th Cosponsor “The message from the House is clear: it’s time to repeal the medical device tax,” said Rep. Paulsen. “Not only is repeal important to the 400,000 Americans whose jobs this [...]

192 CoSponsors Regret Another Happy (Un)Equal PayDay !

Minnesota women have the highest labor force participation in the nation and educational attainment continues to grow. With this remarkable increase in women’s participation in the economy, more and more families are reliant on women’s paychecks to make ends meet. If we are serious about ensuring fairness for all, about leaving no child behind, and [...]

Are Surveys (or FACTS) Switching Paulsen’s Strategy on Medical Device Tax Repeal ?

A just released report from Silicon Valley Bank on the Medical Device Excise Tax (MDET) has more bright spots than Erik Paulsen’s (R-MN-03) persistent yapping would lead you to expect. Executives from device companies seem to feel optimistic, even though they expect the tax to delay profitability. The spin on the medical device tax is [...]

Keystone XL pipeline is a no-brainer — REALLY ? ? ?

“The Keystone XL pipeline is a no-brainer,” said Terry Lee (R-NE-02) during the weekly GOP address, calling on the White House to help lower the nation’s energy costs, create a total of about 140,000 jobs and provide a boost to the economy by moving forward on the pipeline. Gosh …. 140,000 jobs … well, the [...]

Kline, Paulsen Feted For Budget Vote In New Commercial

Congratulations are in order for two Minnesotans for their votes in support of the Republican Budget for FY2014. While, ten Republicans refused to follow party manager orders and voted NO, John Kline (R-MN-02) and Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) voted YES and for that they are joined by 15 other Republicans with commercials informing the voting pubic [...]

Another Company Rejects Paulsen’s Blame Game

Discussing job losses is never pleasant and the news from Eden Prairie’s SuperValu was not good : Supervalu said Tuesday it is cutting 1,100 corporate and store-support jobs, including 600 at the grocer’s Eden Prairie, Minn., headquarters. The cuts will eliminate about 22 percent of the jobs at Supervalu’s Twin Cities headquarters, where it has [...]