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Kline Votes Against Comp Time Requirement For Veterans

QUERY : Why did Richard Hanna (R-NY-22) vote Against John Kline’s pet legislation ? John Kline (R-MN-02) has made a big deal out of H. R. 1406 Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013 … as illustrated in his OpEd, his assessment is simple — working families need flexibility to “caring for each other during difficult [...]

Obermueller Research -v- Kline’s Straw Man

Last fall, voters in Minnesota’s Second District had a choice for who should represent them in the House for the next two years. Incumbent John Kline was seeking his sixth term and campaigned on the need to amend the US Constitution with a Balanced Budget Amendment while claiming “we are all conservatives” … not Minnesotans, [...]

Chairman Kline Makes News on Almanac

While many House Members were visiting constituents this week, John Kline finally emerged from his Washington home on Friday for an appearance on TPT Almanac program. This was the cap-off to Chairman Kline’s media blitz day — MakingUp News with an OpEd and radio appearances on WCCO and MPR. Chairman Kline was last sighted the [...]

Kline Admits Defeat; No Longer Fears Kennedy’s Ghost

The Lakeville Patch reported the sad news : “It’s time for them to start to get serious and raise money. That will be a very expensive Senate race,” John Kline said. “Al has shown he can raise money. He’s got money and he can raise money. Whoever our candidate is, they need to be able [...]

MN-02 : How Worried Is Cantor About Losing Kline’s Seat ?

After noting that Erik Paulsen received strong financial support from the Medical Device industry this quarter, it seems appropriate to review John Kline’s FEC filing. Yes, there are contributions from special interests that would be concerned with legislation that Chairman Kline may consider in the Education and Workforce Committee, but what struck out were the [...]

Obermueller Announcement on Access to Democracy

Mike Obermueller announces his candidacy for the 2014 DFL endorsement for the Second District on the program, Access to Democracy. In this broad discussion of issues, ranging from the GOP House’s failure to consider the Farm Bill to Chairman Kline’s failure to reform No Child Left Behind, Mike stresses focusing on the right priorities and [...]

Revisiting Editorial: John Kline has earned sixth term

With the announcement of Sona Mehring and Mike Obermueller candidacies to represent Minnesota’s Second District for the 2014 election, it seems appropriate to review the Star-Tribune 2012 Endorsement. There’s a long list of issues — health reform and tax policy top the list — on which we disagree with Second District Republican Rep. John Kline. [...]

Penny School Funding Question : Fifth or Sixth Grade ?

Tim Penny, a board Member of MinnCan, has written an OpEd that has appeared in a number of media outlets, asserting that : All-day kindergarten versus pre-k is a false choice At the Capitol, legislators are asking this question: “Which should we fund, all-day kindergarten (ADK) or pre-kindergarten early education?” That strikes me as kind [...]

MN-02 : Was Obermueller Right About Washington Pizza ?

Mike Obermueller had a simple message in his 2012 campaign for the Second Congressional District … “there’s way too much waste” and “both parties are to blame” were the prominent lines from his “Washington Pizza” campaign commercial. His assessment — “I believe both parties are wrong.” His second commercial “Numbers”, which had been FactChecked and [...]

MN-02 : Another Lewin Group Report Ignored By John Kline

During the Healthcare reform debate, John Kline (R-MN-02) was fond of repeating a Lewin Group analysis that projected horrible things … he continued to repeat those claims long after Lewin had revised them acknowledging that their analysis was not current. For example, Lewin Group Senior Vice President John Sheils reviewed small businesses — those with [...]