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QUERY : If you are one of the 184,940 Minnesota undergraduates who participate in the Federal student loan program, would you want the “banker” to charge 2.5% handling fee … or a handling fee that is less than 1% ? As you ponder that question, be advised that students in Minnesota graduate with an average [...]
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 [...]
“Right now, too many sexual assaults in our military go unreported. My daughter is a military veteran so I know exactly the kind of hard-working women we have in our armed forces. This situation is a travesty and we need to fix it now. As a doctor, I’m used to working with others to find [...]
PONDER THIS : What would be the reaction if instead of profiling based on “TEA Party”, “Patriot” or “9/12”, the IRS focused on “Inner-City Muslim Action”, “North American Islamic” or “Committee on American-Islamic Relations” ? For those wondering which scandal (military sexual abuse, DOJ reviews of journalists’ telephone records, the Obama administration responded to the [...]
The ink hadn’t dried on Betty McCollum’s (D-MN-04) press release before the news broke : A U.S. Army sergeant first class assigned as an equal opportunity advisor and Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention program coordinator to III Corps at Fort Hood, Texas, is now under investigation for pandering — a prostitution solicitation charge — abusive [...]
Anyone who reads the FY2012 Annual Report on Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Strategy issued by the Department of Defense on May 7th, immediately is alarmed by Figure 4 (page 22) which reported that number of military members who made an anonymous report that they were sexually assaulted, but never relayed the attack to superiors, [...]
QUERY : Why did Richard Hanna (R-NY-22) vote Against John Kline’s pet legislation ? John Kline (R-MN-02) has made a big deal out of H. R. 1406 Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013 … as illustrated in his OpEd, his assessment is simple — working families need flexibility to “caring for each other during difficult [...]
Admittedly, John Kline (R-MN-02) has been busy for the past few days (voting against an amendment in his CompTime bill that would ensure that employees could not be denied the use of compensatory time for attend counseling or rehabilitation appointments for injuries sustained by the employee as a member of the Armed Forces), but surely [...]
A Shakopee Mom and Dad are having a difficult time balancing work and family. They feel time spent with their children — something we all dearly covet and our kids direly need — is harder to come by. Like so many other Minnesota families, they know the importance of maintaining a balanced budget. They understand [...]
Last fall, voters in Minnesota’s Second District had a choice for who should represent them in the House for the next two years. Incumbent John Kline was seeking his sixth term and campaigned on the need to amend the US Constitution with a Balanced Budget Amendment while claiming “we are all conservatives” … not Minnesotans, [...]
What’s Happening in Congress, Betty McCollum MN Blue Blogs: Ten articles from Minnesota blogs
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What’s Happening in Congress, Rick Nolan Union News: 10 articles from national union blogs
