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Amy Klobuchar may be Minnesota’s only U.S. senator, but she is also the state’s first elected female senator, a fact that has her looking out for women’s issues. She’ll be in Iowa this weekend to greet the Iowa Democratic Women’s Summit. Klobuchar also authored a breast cancer awareness bill. “While Minnesota has among the highest rates of breast cancer, it has among the lowest deaths,” Klobuchar told Minnpost.com. “We believe health care isn’t just about taking care of people after they have fallen sick.”
Politico reports that Minnesota’s sole senator shops at Target to save money (the corporation has given her $23,300 in campaign contributions).
Klobuchar and a DFL colleague, U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, got some face time with President Obama this week as they urged him to make a disaster declaration recognizing that the Minnesota side of the Red River has been devastated by flood waters.
U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar took big transportation corporations to task this week.
FedEx says it will hold back shipments of airliners if a bill supported by the Minnesota DFLer becomes law. The bill would allow FedEx employees to unionize. Oberstar called FedEx’s statements “huffing and puffing.”
Oberstar also raised the ire of the airline industry with a bill that would repeal airline antitrust immunity.
“I’m not very tolerant of this whining about antitrust immunity,” Oberstar said. “They don’t want to have to stand up and justify their getting a piece of the antitrust law of the nation? That’s nonsense. That’s un-American.”
DFL Rep. Keith Ellison spoke at a Color of Wealth Summit in Washington, D.C., to discuss closing the racial and ethnic wealth gap. Ellison also held a forum on the Employee Free Choice Act. “There is nothing in the Employee Free Choice Act that deprives workers of the right to a secret ballot,” the congressman said at the forum. “It’s just not in the law. It’s not true; it’s a scare tactic.”
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann had a busy week. She and fellow Republican Rep. John Kline put forward a bill to ban Guantanamo Bay prisoners from coming to Minnesota. She wants to ensure that the dollar stays the currency of the United States. Bachmann also grilled the treasury secretary about the Constitution and “metaphorically” called for an armed revolt over cap and trade taxes. Despite all the fuss, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce gave her an award.
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Comment posted March 27, 2009 @ 12:01 am
Oberstar isn’t the headline grabber that Bachmann is, but he fights some good fights. Good for him. If FedEx is dumb enough to screw up its own business to avoid being put under the NLRB, they’re doomed anyway.
Comment posted March 28, 2009 @ 11:52 am
Good for Bachman and Klien Standing up for our US constitution, maybe more people should wake up before they have no freedom at all!!!
The others should move to a communist country
Comment posted March 28, 2009 @ 9:06 pm
I am going to have a scat party later this week and am wondering how I can get in touch with Machelle Bachmann to invite her?
Comment posted March 29, 2009 @ 10:12 am
Why is a republican pretending to be interested in the Constitution? Remember that Bush referred to the Constitution as “nothing but a goddam piece of paper”.
Comment posted March 30, 2009 @ 9:31 am
RE: TEXAS SEN. JOHN CORNYN promises “… WWIII if Franken is certified or Dems try to seat him …”
A TEXAS SENATOR should NOT dictate TO THE SOVEREIGN STATE OF MINNESOTA. Let every OTHER STATE give up ONE SENATOR — then, decide what’s BEST for Minnesota!
HOW MUCH HAS MINNESOTA already LOST during the greatest financial ARMAGEDDON in our nation’s history? HOW much of the stimulus $$$ WENT elsewhere — because TWO senators were NOT working FOR THE STATE?
To the GOP, it is just a slick POLITICAL PLOY to avoid the INEVITABLE. To the people of Minnesota … IT IS TANTAMOUNT to “HOLDING HOSTAGE” an entire population — for the WHIMS of one political party OF SORE LOSERS trying to BEND THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE to its own political AGENDA. The GOP will never get another candidate elected in Minnesota if it DOES NOT STOP hindering the state’s election process.
ALL THE GOP/Coleman cabal NEEDS is a MASK & GUN to be seen as WHAT THEY ARE: HIGHWAY ROBBERS with no social conscience.
EVERY GOP member should hang ITS head in shame! Grand Old Party, indeed! The only TRUISM is that IT IS OLD.
GOOD LUCK IN THE MID-YEAR elections, guys! You have given every race a new message: VOTE FOR FREEDOM and the RIGHT TO CHOOSE. VOTE DEMOCRATIC. Republicans are far too stupid and self-centered. Bring on Palin, too. Another classic joke –right up there with Bachman.
LET MY PEOPLE GO! You GOP jerks. MINNESOTA for Minnesotans.
PS: BUSH v GORE is NOT an option *(note to GOP): WHEN the Supreme Court RULED in B v G, it ruled that case WAS A LAW UNTO ITSELF – and as such it could NEVER be used as a “precedent” in ANY OTHER election litigation. Not bad ENOUGH the GOP stacked the SUPREMES and got THE MAJ0RITY to (bogusly) SEAT Bush – BUT NOW the GOP actually wants to OVER-TURN their own conservatives’ ruling?
PSS: what a SAD SAD day for the GOP. Hanging their hats on a soon to be indicted Money-grubbing FORMER politician the FBI is investigating for taking money from political CRONY’s.
Comment posted April 11, 2009 @ 6:27 pm
Oberstar is a hero in the eyes of many employees at Fedex. Fred Smith has used puppet big money republican for years to deny his employees the simple right to vote for a union or not. If Fedex treats it’s employees so great then why are they so afraid of the employees Unionizing? All those interested should check out fedexwatch.com or register for an account at fedexaminer.com and check out the forum section.
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