The free trade agreements passed with the partial support of many Democrats, although two members of the Minnesota delegation opposed all three agreements.
All Republican members of the Minnesota delegation and Democratic U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson support the constitutional amendment.
A representative of a watchdog group said the law would result in a “near moratorium on rules.”
As the lockout of 1,300 workers drags on, Franken warns it could erode congressional support that’s helped protect the booming sugar beet industry.
The union said the company refused to negotiate.
For the first time since 1,300 workers at American Crystal Sugar were locked out on Aug. 1, the company and union representatives will meet Thursday. The move was requested by a federal mediator.
Rep. Collin Peterson, a Minnesota Democrat who serves as ranking member on the House Agriculture Committee, said that he is “pretty well resigned that we’re not going to get anybody in the House that’s going to have much of a connection to agriculture on the [super] committee.”
U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum called it a “terrible bill” that hurts the economy.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would require the Obama administration to make a final decision on the expansion of the Keystone XL pipeline by Nov. 1. The vote was 279-147, with Minnesota’s delegation voting along party lines, with two exceptions: Democrat Collin Peterson voted with Republicans, and Rep. Michele Bachmann did not vote.
While on tour of flooded areas near the Missouri River in Iowa Monday, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann characterized a government settlement with black farmers who were discriminated against in the 1980s and 1990s as fraud, eliciting outrage from the farmers’ advocates.
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