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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 Follow this link to read more of: MN-02: Kline -v- Obermueller Contest Makes National Top Ten List 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 $10.6 billion is a lot of money … even spread out over ten years … and for what … spreading manure … well at least that’s the way that Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA-07) described the program that was declared the YouCut winner earlier this year : The Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Stewardship Program makes Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : House Ignores YouCut Targeted Kline Subsidized Farm 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 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) I grew up around the investment banking world. I am well aware of how dirty, and how ruthless it can be, and that there are also some very intelligent and honest, moral people in the business as well. There is an intense and inherent conflict between the two, one I have seen play out many Follow this link to read more of: $ BUY- Partisan $, 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 Have you ever wonder what is Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) Number One priority ? That’s simple … “Getting Minnesotans back to work continues to be my number one priority,” said Rep. Paulsen. “Ultimately, Washington needs to be focused on long term solutions to reform the tax code and the way Washington spends taxpayer’s money.” Have you Follow this link to read more of: MN-03 : Erik Paulsen Number Two Priority ? Mass Mailings ? Staff salaries for Raymond Cravaack (R-MN-08) increased substantially from $193,958 in the third quarter to $257,395 in the fourth quarter. This can partially be explained by changes in personnel and personnel assignments (theoretically, employees gaining more responsibility receive more compensation) but the other factor could be a practice used by some Members of Congress to Follow this link to read more of: MN-08 : It’s A Bonus To Work For Cravaack Erik Paulsen proudly issued a Press Release when he introduced legislation to address a critical concern of the Republican-controlled House … the “strip club loophole“. This loophole currently allows individuals to access welfare benefits at ATMs in strip clubs, liquor stores, and casinos. This provision insists that all States take steps to end this abusive Follow this link to read more of: MN-03: Paulsen’s Strip Club Bill part of “Congress Dupes the American People” series Michele Bachmann makes an interesting point on Page 106 : Core of Conviction – My Story “The politicians and bureaucrats in both Washington and St. Paul were using our tax money to make our problems worse. I asked myself: What is wrong with this picture? What terrible thing they are doing with our taxes.” It’s Follow this link to read more of: MN-06 : Bachmann Asks : What Is Wrong With This Picture ? Highlights from In The Loop column : Feeling the cold these days? Then hurry on down to sign up for House Majority Leader John Boehner’s week-long, fact-finding trip to Brazil, Colombia and Mexico taking off on Jan. 8. The Ohio Republican is scheduled to escape the chill with John Kline (R-MN-02) and four other members Follow this link to read more of: Your Taxdollars At Work : Vicky Kline Brazil Vacation Trip ADAGE : If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it’s a duck. Minnesotans have heard John Kline (R-MN-02) QUACK about “earmarks” ever since the Republicans lost the majority in the House of Representatives … and Mr. Kline attached the “earmark” symbol as the cause of America’s Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : CAWG Disputes Kline’s Christmas Tree Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) does not get enough praise for his public comments about medical research and prevention … For example, on November 29th, Mr. Paulsen spoke urging the Republican-managed Do-Nothing House move forward on H.R. 1897, the Alzheimer’s Breakthrough Act : With over 5 million Americans suffering from this degenerative disease of the brain, Alzheimer’s Follow this link to read more of: MN-03: Paulsen Votes Against Program He Promotes |
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