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MN-02 : Chairman Kline Silent on Education Funding Cuts

If your only source of news was John Kline’s (R-MN-02) press releases, the Republican-controlled House is doing a fantastic job. Take, Thursday May 16th and his two press releases : John Kline Statement on Passage of Legislation to Repeal Health Care Law John Kline’s Legislation Preventing Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Receives Bipartisan Support Of [...]

Why Isn’t Paulsen Trying to Repeal VITF Excise Tax

Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) penned an OpEd with Jim Gerlach (R-PA-06) encouraging the repeal the Medical Device Excise Tax (MDET) … warning of dire consequences that thus far seem to be largely overblown. For example, John Kline (R-MN-02) visited a Covidien operation in Wabasha Minnesota on February 21st and reported on the need to repeal MDET. [...]

Rounding up the week of the young child

This is a bookend post to one written by my colleague Holly at the beginning of last week. My apologies to my colleagues, because I had promised this to be done earlier, to build on the theme of the early child. It is late, not because I failed to work on it, but because no [...]

Paulsen Finds His Word on Page 3 of the Industry Talking Points

QUERY : Would you buy a stock that earned 15.5% net on it’s sales (that would be $695 million from a net sales of $4,471.7 million) … roughly $4 per share with a market price under $70 … and pays a dividend of 72 cents per share ? Would you be more inclined to purchase [...]

Paulsen Hears About Primary Challenger and “Not Another Dime”

When Will Paulsen’s Committee Hold a Hearing on the Onerous Medical Device Tax ? Paulsen Bill to Repeal Medical Device Tax Gains Critical 218th Cosponsor “The message from the House is clear: it’s time to repeal the medical device tax,” said Rep. Paulsen. “Not only is repeal important to the 400,000 Americans whose jobs this [...]

GOOD FRIDAY, Tony Cornish and The Patron of Handguns

Today is GOOD FRIDAY — a solemn day for Christians — a remembrance of crucifixion of Jesus — the ultimate penalty for the “King of the Jews”, accused of “treason” against the government of Rome based on Jesus’ message of the coming Kingdom of God. There was no FOX News to just “Report and You [...]

Kline Praises Ryan Budget That Keeps Medical Device Tax and Cuts Education

WASHINGTON – Minnesota Congressman John Kline issued the following statement today offering his support for the House Republican budget, “The Path to Prosperity: A Responsible Balanced Budget:” “While Democrats make vague promises about ‘a balanced approach’ that includes $1 trillion in tax increases and continues the cycle of unsustainable spending, House Republicans have offered a [...]

Government

We have a lot of debate and conversations about government. What it is – and isn’t, what it does, what it should and should not do – there is relatively little agreement, but a lot of opinions. Some of that opinion is better informed than others. This post presumes to take a look at some [...]

GOP Battles With Alzheimer’s Disease and the Sequester

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 [...]

Another Medical Device Survey That Erik Paulsen Won’t Like

On Thursday, John Kline (R-MN-02) tweeted that he visited a large employer in Wabasha While in #Wabasha, Covidien/Uni-Patch thanked me for supporting @reperikpaulsen bill to repeal #MedicalDeviceTax. #stribpol #polanimal — John Kline (@repjohnkline) February 21, 2013 For those that are not familiar with the company, Covidien manufactures, distributes and services a diverse range of industry-leading [...]