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Clark ad challenges Bachmann to cut Congress pay

By Andy Birkey | 09.15.10 | 11:38 am

DFL Sen. Tarryl Clark is issuing a challenge to her opponent, Rep. Michele Bachmann, in a new ad to be released tomorrow: cut congressional pay by 5 percent and forgo raises until the federal budget is balanced. Clark said…

Obama nixes abstinence-only funds

By Andy Birkey | 05.07.09 | 4:33 pm

President Obama released his budget (pdf) on Thursday that eliminates funding for controversial abstinence-only-until-marriage sex education. The funding, initiated by a Republican Congress and President Clinton in 1996, has been heavily criticized as ineffective. In 2007, Minnesota opted out…