John Kline wanted to let all his FACEBOOK friends know not to miss the 2013 Taxpayers Rally held this past Saturday: The theme was to protest high taxes, economic freedom, the freedom to keep and bear arms, and the freedom to choose to join a union or not … with featured speakers Grover Norquist, Representative [...]
Mike Obermueller announces his candidacy for the 2014 DFL endorsement for the Second District on the program, Access to Democracy. In this broad discussion of issues, ranging from the GOP House’s failure to consider the Farm Bill to Chairman Kline’s failure to reform No Child Left Behind, Mike stresses focusing on the right priorities and [...]
Some time this fall, The New Ulm Journal will make its endorsements for November elections, but this week it opined on the recent Wisconsin election (highlights below): Watch Wisconsin The state of Wisconsin is starting to move on from a bruising recall battle, won by Gov. Scott Walker and the Republicans against the Democratic-public union [...]
Aaron Blake of the Washington Post asks which seats might be surprisingly competitive this year? Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.): Kline’s redistricting fate [the state legislature deadlocked and left the issue to the courts] – the courts drew a surprising map, and he drew the short straw. His district now would have given Obama 50 percent [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
SEIU RELEASE: Today, April 30, 2012 New NLRB Rule Takes Effect Today You are most likely already aware of this unfortunate labor truth: The union election system in this country has failed, time and again, to protect the free choice of too many Americans who want to have a voice at work. Happily, a new [...]
Mitt Romney’s path to the Republican nomination has taken some unusual turns … oh, sure, there was the big economic speech in Detroit’s Ford Field which was shoeboxed into one corner (this was the speech in which he related to the audience about his wife’s two Cadillacs – not to be confused with his speech [...]
John Kline (R-MN-02), Chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee, issued a press release announcing a Congressional hearing to examine the “Unprecedented NLRB Recess Appointments” made recently by President Obama. As the Wall Street Journal described, the hearing as either “a waste of time” or “instructive” depending upon your viewpoint … the Chairman had one [...]
QUERY : How should a Congressman be judged … based on attendance or legislative accomplishment ? “If you don’t like what is being said, change the conversation.” – Don Draper – Mad Men- Episode 29 “Love Among the Ruins” With an approval for Congress at 11%, John Kline’s PR machine must be listening to Don [...]
MN Blue Blogs: Ten articles from Minnesota blogs
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Union News: 10 articles from national union blogs
