The U.S. House of Representatives rejected the proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial sector this afternoon by a 228-205 margin. The opposition was bipartisan, with 95 Democrats joining 133 Republicans in opposing the bill.
The Minnesota delegation was…
Just when the furor over Al Franken’s 2000 Playboy article seemed to have dissipated, another Democrat has resuscitated the controversy. This time it’s Rep. Jim Oberstar, the powerful Iron Range DFLer who chairs the House transportation…
Second-District congressman John Kline was recently in the news for his unusual stand on earmark spending: He refused to request any for his district.
“If I’m in there fighting for my projects on the merits and I get $7…
The U.S. Senate passed a bill Friday night authorizing emergency funding to help deal with the Interstate 35W bridge disaster, just hours after the U.S. House of Representatives took similar action.
The measure will authorize $250 million in federal funds…
Republican Rep. John Kline and Democratic Reps. Colin Peterson and James Oberstar were the only members of the Minnesota congressional delegation to disclose privately financed travel in 2006, according to annual financial disclosure documents filed on Thursday.
Kline, in his…
Both the House and Senate passed through a supplemental funding bill for the Iraq war Thursday night, bringing to an end for the moment a standoff between Congress and the White House over continued funding of the war.
The measure…
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