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Graphic artist and blogger Mario Piperni, that's who. Amazing graphics, great stories.
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Monday will be a day for Minnesota voters to see Congress in action. Monday, the House is not in session but two Members of Congress will be working in Minnesota. Working will be Jon Runyon (R-NJ-03) and Tim Walz (D-MN-01). The House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA) will hold a Follow this link to read more of: Kline Holds Assistance Organizations Fair; Runyon, Walz Hold Veterans Hearing 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 ? Delegates to the MN-GOP First District endorsing convention know where the money is buried … American Crossroads, American Action Network, Congressional Leadership Fund, etc. – the SuperPAC money that Karl Rove and Norm Coleman will make available to attack incumbent Tim Walz. Thus, when a candidate makes a pledge to self-finance any shortfall to pay Follow this link to read more of: MN-01 : Million Dollar Pledge Does Not Phase GOP Delegates Have you ever wonder what is Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) Number One priority ? That’s simple … “Getting Minnesotans back to work continues to be my number one priority,” said Rep. Paulsen. “Ultimately, Washington needs to be focused on long term solutions to reform the tax code and the way Washington spends taxpayer’s money.” Have you Follow this link to read more of: MN-03 : Erik Paulsen Number Two Priority ? Mass Mailings ? An interesting debate seems to be going on between the Pro-Life advocates and the Pro-Fetus advocates … and although they may share some common ground, there appears to be general concern that the “cradle-to-grave welfare state” that Paul Ryan (R-WI-02) says Democratic President Obama is promoting, is not what the Republicans want. The Obama Administration Follow this link to read more of: The Pro-Fetus Healthcare Plan The headlines are that the House approved the STOCK Act (The Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge Act) … but was it the one authored by Tim Walz (D-MN-01) or by Eric Cantor (R-VA-07) ? A little background … Speaker Boehner authored the Pillars of a New Majority which emphasized legislation that would be crafted in Follow this link to read more of: Pillars Crumble as House REJECTS Walz’s STOCK Act “I am happy to announce Senator Coleman as an adviser to my campaign. His advice will be critical as I lay out my vision for improving our economy at home and strengthening our partnerships around the world.” – Mitt Romney 9/21/2011 Press Release “It’s a new world and how it plays out, I’m not sure.” Follow this link to read more of: Norm Coleman Influencing 2012 Elections Like Never Before FOLLOW-UP : Keystone Should Be Tied to STOCK Act The day after the Financial Services Committee held a three-session hearing on the legislation, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) indefinitely postponed the markup session stating that “a large group of bipartisan members of the committee felt the legislation was flawed and being recklessly moved solely Follow this link to read more of: Did Keystone Investment Halt STOCK Act ? Disgusting. When the stories started circulating about some of the 33 tweets attributed to Mike Parry, I was disgusted … and thought that voters would never elect someone who professed such vile language, but I was wrong and now State Senator Mike Parry (R-SD-26) is actively campaigning to unseat Tim Walz in Minnesota’s First District. Follow this link to read more of: Finally ! Mike Parry’s – Power Hungry Arrogant Black Man – Has Been Topped The conclusion is obvious after reading the Wall Street Journal story entitled Inside Capitol, Investor Access Yields Rich Tips … Tim Walz’s H.R. 1148 Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act should have been enacted years ago. Here are the highlights from the WSJ Capital Gains column : When Senate Democrats finally brokered a compromise Follow this link to read more of: MN-01 : WSJ Details Need for STOCK Act The television screens are in constant replay of Speaker John Boehner calling for the Democrats to return to Washington and address the payroll tax issue … well, that was commercial television … instead if you tuned into CSPAN this morning, you saw the Opening Gavel of a new legislative day precisely at 10:00:46, a morning Follow this link to read more of: Walz Talks Up STOCK Act – GOP Turns Off House Lights House Republicans argue that H.R. 3630, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011 must contain a provision that would require the President to issue a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline (unless he determines that the pipeline would not serve the national interest.) The Republican public reasoning that this construction of Follow this link to read more of: Keystone Should Be Tied to STOCK Act The vote was largely along partylines … 14 Republicans defections and 10 Democrats. Roll Call 923 … HR 3630 … the Republican Job Creation bill. The defections did not change anything as the Party Managers had pre-determined that the Republican Majority would declare victory. The Minnesota delegation had Tim Walz (D-MN-01) joining with John Kline Follow this link to read more of: My Favorite Congressman Many Conservatives point to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for inspiration, and while America has Presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann to consider. Consider these quotes : “My policies are based not on some economics theory, but on things I and millions like me were brought up with: an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay” – Follow this link to read more of: MN-06: Does Bachmann’s Core of Conviction Include Honest Pay ? First an update, Tim Walz’s (D-MN-01) STOCK Act has now garnered 202 sponsors, but that still does not include Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) … the most recent sponsors include such influential Republicans as Jim Jordan (R-OH), the Chairman of the Republican Study Group and noted fiscal-hawk Jeff Flake (R-AZ) …. While Mr. Paulsen has remained eerily Follow this link to read more of: MN-03 : Thumbs Down for Paulsen Spending $10 Million On Farm Dust Bill |
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