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QUERY : Is there any tax loophole that the Republicans would be willing to close as an offset for maintaining Stafford Loan interests at the present level ? For those who doubt Mitt Romney’s assertion that Corporations are people, need to consider Gingrich Holdings, Inc. or the John R. Edwards, P.A. … yep, just a Follow this link to read more of: Republicans Reject NEWT Act To Offset Student Loans At an October 25, 2011 hearing of the Higher Education and Lifelong Learning Subcommittee, Chairman John Kline (R-MN-02) and other members agreed that a 6.8% interest rate is too high for student loans. Consider that Treasury bonds are being sold at a 2 percent yield and a 30-year fixed home mortgage is under 4 percent Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : Kline OK With Cutting Women’s Health For Student Loans 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 ? On Thursday, Raymond Cravaack (R-MN-08) spoke passionately on the House floor in support of H.R. 9, the Small Business Tax Cuts Act … specifically mentioning the complexity of the tax code and the tax burden on small business. Here are the highlights : American small businesses now spend between 1.7 billion and 1.8 billion hours Follow this link to read more of: MN-08 : Cravaack Purported Commonsense Bill Questioned By GOP Congressman Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) is campaigning hard in the 2012 New Media Challenge by taking to Twitter to encourage people to Like him. (Background : The New Media Challenge uses taxpayer-paid House.gov website and other taxpayer-paid services to “push the House GOP to be more innovative in its online communications. A spirited competition goes a long Follow this link to read more of: MN-03 : Paulsen Tweets Complaints, Then Pushes Bill That Compounds the Complaints Brett Neely at MPR has an interesting story about a tax cut that John Kline (R-MN-02) is pushing … Republicans prefer to use are “growth” and “opportunity” — particularly for small business. Which is why House Republicans, including 2nd District Rep. John Kline, have unveiled a one-year tax cut for companies that employ fewer than Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : What Will Kline’s Tax Cut for the Super Bowl Champs Cost ? QUERY : Will the annual appropriation of $60 million for Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act survive (or thrive) after President Romney’s Day One and the Ryan Budget are enacted ? John Kline (R-MN-02) offered a harsh assessment of President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2013 Budget: Spends Too Much: $47 trillion of government spending over Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : Kline Fighting Hard For School Funding (at least Charter School funding) IF you accept George Will’s premise “there would come a point when, taking stock of reality, conservatives turn their energies to a goal much more attainable than, and not much less important than, electing Romney or Santorum president. It is the goal of retaining control of the House and winning control of the Senate.” THEN Follow this link to read more of: Cravaack, Peterson Key To Coleman-Franken Rematch QUERY : As CEO with 18 employees and operating costs of $1,273,567.46, a management consultant, who you endorse for his past accomplishments and vision for the future, observes that your have excessive personnel and your spending has caused you to increase your borrowing, how do you address employment compensation ? Specifically: do you grant salary Follow this link to read more of: MN-03 : Prelude to Wage Freeze, Paulsen Staff Salaries Soar “The most powerful force on earth is the spontaneous cooperation of a free people.” — Woodrow Wilson 2011 saw an unprecedented engagement of people confronting their established government. The Arab Spring saw the demise of governments in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya … while Yemen and Syria are facing tipping points … and protests in Greece, Follow this link to read more of: Question for Erik Paulsen : Who Got a Tax Cut and More Aid ? 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 This is my maiden post on Minnesota Roundtable, so I hope it is a good one; here goes! On Tuesday, November 15th, Chip Cravaack held an approximately one hour telephone Town Hall. This was not the first of these events in which I have been included as one of Cravaack’s constituents. In every one of Follow this link to read more of: Chip Cravaack Lies to His Constituents on the Taxpayer’s Nickel in Telephone Town Halls Mike Simpson, a Republic from Idaho, in concert with Heath Schuler, a Democrat from North Carolina, have reached out to their colleagues and collected agreement to “Go Big” to address America’s fiscal situation … including TAXES. 100 concerned Members of the House of Representatives have sent a letter to the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction Follow this link to read more of: MN-03: WWJD ~ Paulsen Ignores Simpson’s Request ? Over time employers will need more workers with higher education as well as skills that are taught at community colleges, yet recent reports indicate that Minnesota has fewer students in these institutions. Minnesota’s the 31-campus system enrollment fell 1.5 percent … with notable reductions at St. Cloud State University as enrollment fell by almost 6 Follow this link to read more of: Morrow, Barnes, Kline, Platts Offer Different Views on Pell Grants and Student Loans |
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