The Club for Growth likes Rep. Michele Bachmann — at least more than the rest of Minnesota’s Congressional delegation. The anti-tax advocacy group ranks Bachmann 37th on its latest assessment…
As Rep. Keith Ellison makes the first trip by a U.S. legislator to Gaza in eight years, his congressional colleague Rep. Michele Bachmann continues to get fact-checked — this time for her claim that the economic recovery package is a Democratic conspiracy to “direct” funding to Democratic districts. This and more inside.
An array of odds and ends about Minnesota-centric action in the early days of the 111th Congress: How our delegates voted on the House stimulus package, prospects for a veto-proof majority for Democrats in the Senate, Rep. Keith Ellison’s “mandate,” and the two congressmen who signed on for pay freezes.
The U.S. House of Representatives is debating the massive economic stimulus package this afternoon. Here are what some of video clips what Minnesota’s congressional delegation have to say about the bill. We’ll add more as they become available.
Update: The…
This zoom-able online panoramic photo of the presidential inauguration is a “Where’s Waldo” puzzle for fun-loving political junkies (with slight stalker tendencies). One Minnesotan could school those vain attendees who went sans chapeau: U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar knows…
As Congress looks to quickly spend $85 billion to upgrade the country’s aging infrastructure and (hopefully) jumpstart the economy, Rep. Jim Oberstar is at the center of the fray. The powerful chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee…
As expected, the U.S. House of Representatives approved, by an overwhelming 390-5 bipartisan vote, a non-binding resolution “[r]ecognizing Israel’s right to defend itself against attacks from Gaza, reaffirming the United States’ strong support for Israel, and…
Congressional Quarterly has released its annual rankings of federal legislators in terms of party loyalty and support for President George W. Bush’s policies. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (pictured), finishing up her second year at the Capitol, voted with her…
Thursday’s 52-35 Senate vote on a proposed $14 billion bailout for the auto industry broke down along party lines in Minnesota: Norm Coleman voted against it; Amy Klobuchar for it. The vote on the House version a…
If state Rep. Erik Paulsen loses his race to replace retiring 3rd District U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad, it will be the second straight election cycle in which a former staffer fails to succeed the veteran Minnesota congressman he served, despite his mentor’s endorsement. Coattails that once withstood even party-endorsement snubs now appear too tattered to pull proteges into office.
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