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 Keystone XL pipeline is a no-brainer,” said Terry Lee (R-NE-02) during the weekly GOP address, calling on the White House to help lower the nation’s energy costs, create a total of about 140,000 jobs and provide a boost to the economy by moving forward on the pipeline. Gosh …. 140,000 jobs … well, the [...]
Discussing job losses is never pleasant and the news from Eden Prairie’s SuperValu was not good : Supervalu said Tuesday it is cutting 1,100 corporate and store-support jobs, including 600 at the grocer’s Eden Prairie, Minn., headquarters. The cuts will eliminate about 22 percent of the jobs at Supervalu’s Twin Cities headquarters, where it has [...]
John Kline (R-MN-02) held one of his favorite constituent outreach events on Monday, March 25th … a Telephone Town Hall. For those not familiar with the service, Mr. Kline sends your tax dollars to a company such as Citizen Dialog LLC in Alexandria Virginia so that you can hear him answer a few questions. Their [...]
To understand the Kline Agenda, John Kline’s (R-MN-02) press releases tell his “war” stories. Remember the one from February 5, 2003 WASHINGTON – Congressman John Kline (R-MN) responded to the presentation of Secretary Powell before the United Nations Security Council today. “Secretary Powell has presented clear and irrefutable evidence of Iraq’s violations,” Kline commented. “It [...]
Yesterday, Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI-01) said “We’re not going to refight the past” as he introduced his “new” The Path to Prosperity, A Responsible Balanced Budget … and today, the House Republicans brought forward a bill to “refight the past”. The House with near universal Republican support (228-3) ramrod through H. R. 890 which [...]
Once again, Friday brought another Jobs Report and no press release from John Kline (R-MN-02) the Chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee. So here’s the word from Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi who released the following statement after the Department of Labor announced that the economy added 236,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate [...]
I wonder how 14-year old John Kline reacted when his school embraced President John Kennedy’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Program in which students were challenged to passed a physical fitness test. Would he have considered this to be an intrusion an example of the Democratic administration’s “executive overreach” as he has protested President [...]
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA-07) has offered a simple criticism : Mr. President, Spending is Clearly the Problem in Washington Included in the press release are examples of expenditures that he considers to be “wasteful spending” including : Pay to Play Video Games: The National Science Foundation spent $1.2 million paying seniors to play “World [...]
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 [...]
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