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5 MN Congressmen Ask Kline To Return To Work

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 [...]

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Let’s Ask Kline For a Better Way to Spend $53,948,949

Did you hear that because of sequestration, 115,000 traditional National Guard forces will not receive their annual medical or dental examinations ? The Guard says: “This reduction in examinations will bring total force medical readiness down by 39 percent.” Heck, if this Republican-controlled House is willing to inflict sequestration on our military — even as [...]

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House Reaffirms Indefinite Detention Without Charge or Trial

In a radio interview on Friday, Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) defended the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance efforts, saying that “we absolutely do know that this has prevented terrorist attacks.” The surveillance, he said, “does guarantee that the president and those in the intelligence committee will have access to important information.” Later that day, on TPT’s [...]

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Kline Fighting Reform : $56 Million Annually is Misguided ?

John Kline’s (R-MN-02) press release paints a pretty picture : Kline Provision Included in National Defense Bill 06/06/13 WASHINGTON – The House Armed Services Committee passed the Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) early this morning. The bill, H.R. 1960, passed with bipartisan support and included important legislation introduced by Minnesota Congressman John [...]

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Kline Agenda : Guns and School Safety

Considering the academic achievements of the 2013 Chardon High School graduating class, it was worthy that Governor John Kasich (R-OH) was the commencement speaker … after all, the class Governor Kasich honored included 20 students with 4.0 grade-point averages; the highest average ACT score in school history (24); 83 students with honors diplomas; and 49 [...]

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Kline Dissents as GOP House Approves Fire Aid

John Kline (R-MN-02) rarely issues statements explaining his votes as most of the time, Mr. Kline is simply following Party leader orders. But there are some issues where the party does not vote in lockstep … and that’s when voters can really see the “real John Kline”. Disaster relief funding has become controversial. In the [...]

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Higher One, Student Loans, Pell Grants – Walz Rallies With Moriah Miles

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 [...]

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Kline Update : No Budget, Still Paid, Debt Limit Raised.

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 [...]