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On Thursday, Representative Raymond Cravaack (R-MN-08) reminded his followers on FACEBOOK that : The House has taken action on the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline four times to address rising energy costs and job creation. Very interesting … but did you know that between 2009 and 2011, the United States experienced three consecutive years Follow this link to read more of: MN-08 : Cravaack Ignores CBO Report to Pump Keystone 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 Food for thought … to address budget constraints, what should be “on the table” ? The Republican-controlled House is preparing to vote on H.R. 5652, the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act. This bill would eliminate the discretionary cuts to 2013 spending that are required under the Budget Control Act, known as the “sequester,” and replace them Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : Food Stamps and How Kline Spent $2,609 Taxpayer Dollars Last century, when I lived in Indiana, I voted for Dick Lugar … he always seemed reasonable … a statesman looking out for the better interest for our country – domestically and in his tenure as Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. Dick Lugar was defeated in the Republican primary by Richard Mourdock. Mr. Mourdock Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : Kline Campaign Theme – We Are All Conservatives 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 The Wall Street Journal headline says it all : Private Jobs Turn Positive for Obama Presidency Private-sector Jobs With the latest report, total private payrolls are now higher than they were in January 2009. The latest count put private-sector jobs at about 111 million in April (reported as 111.02 million), or 35,000 jobs more than Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : Kline Responds to Jobs Report By Promoting Cuts to Woman’s Jobs Program Expanding on Holly Cairns piece on the Senate’s rejection of Republican efforts to changing proposed NLRB procedures, it is appropriate to note the efforts in the House. John Kline (R-MN-02) as Chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee was presented with a companion resolution that matched the Senate’s — HJ Res 103. Chairman Kline was Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : Businessman Questions Kline’s Claims – Ambush Elections Wreck Havoc Todd Akin (R-MO-02), a candidate for Senate said during a debate last weekend that government involvement in student loans has given the government a “stage three cancer of socialism”: AKIN: America has got the equivalent of the stage three cancer of socialism because the federal government is tampering in all kinds of stuff it has Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : TEA Party, Kline Win Student Loan Battle House Republicans are in a quandary … they want to embrace Paul Ryan’s (R-WI-01) Path To Prosperity, but Representative Ryan is hearing some resistance from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and recently at Georgetown University. About 90 members of Georgetown’s faculty, including two dozen Jesuit priests, signed a letter telling Representative Ryan that he Follow this link to read more of: God Wants You To Have A Job As The Gospel Will Take You On The Path To Prosperity 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 Good thing, the House is in session today or I might not have known that today is …. National Golf Day ! Yep, just last week, people were questioning whether women should be welcomed as members at the Augusta National Golf Club … but that was so last week. This week, the House has already Follow this link to read more of: Do Nothing House Top Issues – Polar Bear Trophies and Golf 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 |
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