The move comes as a slew of new Super PACs have raised millions of dollars in anticipation of next year’s presidential and congressional races.
Sen. Al Franken is the richest member of Congress, although the Republicans in the delegation are doing better than the Democrats on average.
Courts in states across the country have rejected the National Organization for Marriage’s efforts to hide their donors, as they’re trying to do in Minnesota, saying the group provided no credible evidence of threats or violence.
Members of Minnesota and North Dakota’s congressional delegations have warned that the American Crystal Sugar lockout could hurt the chances of maintaining sugar protections in the upcoming Farm Bill by alienating pro-labor lawmakers.
Beck said there are only two candidates, in his opinion, that don’t have “scary policies.” Those two being Santorum and U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann.
A spokesman for the EPA said there’s no truth to claims that the EPA wants to regulate methane from cattle or dust from farms.
Last year, Bright spearheaded a contentious non-binding resolution affirming South Carolina’s constitutional sovereignty, telling a reporter, “If at first you don’t secede, try again.”
Super committee members are trying to avoid the “trigger mechanism,” a fail-safe that would result in deep military and across-the-board cuts if the deal isn’t made.
The report that prominent members of Congress have used inside knowledge of companies to know when to buy and sell stock has focused increased attention on Walz’s proposal.
The “No Surprises” campaign promises that Bachmann won’t have any surprises in her policy positions, unlike her competitors for the Republican presidential nomination.
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