Members of the Chicago Teachers Union and Stand Up! Chicago performed a “mic check” at the beginning of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s remarks, despite attempts by others at the breakfast to stifle the statements.
The House members expressed concern that the new Farm Bill could include mandatory new programs without congressional oversight.
An invitation sent to supporters invites them to meet fellow activists and learn about the campaign’s “grassroots strategy for re-electing the president.”
Franken said the rule change could “disproportionately affect” agricultural producers “without necessarily improving student nutrition,” according to a press release.
Conservative commentators see an opening for Pawlenty amidst the chaos of the current GOP field, but voters don’t appear to have changed their mind on Pawlenty, according to recent polling.
GOP presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) ran away with the National Federation of Republican Assemblies Straw Poll on Saturday in Des Moines, garnering 82 percent of the vote among Iowans.
The Minnesota Independent covered issues ranging from American Crystal Sugar’s negotiations with a locked out union to an anti-abortion activist planning to use campaign laws in a run against Rep. Keith Ellison to force Twin Cities media to run graphic anti-abortion ads.
US Bancorp ranked very high for disclosure while 3M, which has participated in numerous state ballot measures and doesn’t disclose many political transactions, ranked near the bottom.
Hernandez called for term limits, an amendment to the U.S. Constitution mandating Congress pass a budget, a repeal of health care reform, an end to “unconstitutional wars” and tax reform.
Rep. Erik Paulsen saw a steep increase in donations from venture capitalists with an interest in health care after he testified to Congress in June that FDA processes should be streamlined, according to the New York Times.
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