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 [...]
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 [...]
The ink hadn’t dried on Betty McCollum’s (D-MN-04) press release before the news broke : A U.S. Army sergeant first class assigned as an equal opportunity advisor and Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention program coordinator to III Corps at Fort Hood, Texas, is now under investigation for pandering — a prostitution solicitation charge — abusive [...]
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 [...]
The MN GOP has proposed a single solution that addresses multiple problems. We’ve seen the proposal that we arm school employees – teachers, principals, janitors, librarians, etc. Now the MN GOP proposes we make firearm safety and firearm proficiency mandatory, similar to the way it is taught in military-style academies. By doing away with gun [...]
Politicians regularly offer “free” advice of areas of federal spending that they deem wasteful, but let’s be honest “Talk” is cheap … yet, it is the “cost” to print that makes “talk” expensive. Listen to the advice and concerns expressed by Rob Woodall (R-GA-07) on the sequester that the cuts didn’t go down the way [...]
The statement from the White House says it all : Today, President Obama signed a bill that both strengthened and reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Thanks to this bipartisan agreement, thousands of women and men across the country who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking will be able [...]
Some issues should not be considered in terms of Red States and Blue States … and what the Red Shawl symbolizes is one of those issues. Acclaimed author, Lousie Erdrich wrote an OpEd in Wednesday’s New York Times which should have made the Minnesota Congressional Delegation just a little embarrassed. (excerpts below) in Minneapolis, a [...]
Eric Cantor (R-VA-07) press release Mr. President, Spending is Clearly the Problem in Washington continues to get pushed via twitter … even though some have been called entirely inaccurate and larger savings ignored, now joining the chorus is Michele Bachmann (R-MN-06) : By its own estimates, federal gov made $115 billion in improper payments in [...]
Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) has an ally in his fight on refunding the 2.3% Medical Device Excise … Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA-07). Majority Leader Cantor’s Making Life Work speech outlined his concerns (highlights below) : The new medical device tax in “Obamacare” makes it harder for researchers to develop those innovative devices in the [...]
MN Blue Blogs: Ten articles from Minnesota blogs
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Union News: 10 articles from national union blogs
