The White House congratulated Ohioans for “standing up for workers and defeating efforts to strip away collective bargaining rights.”
For-profit colleges and companies that provide private student loans are big donors to Rep. John Kline’s campaign.
President Obama will address attendees at the American Legion national convention at the Minneapolis Convention Center starting at 11 a.m. Following his speech, Gov. Mark Dayton and Sen. Al Franken will also give remarks. A live feed of the event…
President Obama will return to Minnesota at the end of August to address the national meeting of the American Legion. Obama was in Minnesota on Monday as a part of his jobs tour. Also speaking at the American Legion meeting will be Michele Bachmann, considered in the top tier of Republican presidential candidates vying to defeat Obama.
Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann and President Barack Obama didn’t differ much in their reaction to New York lawmakers passing same-sex marriage into law on Friday. Both said that states have the right to pass legislation and neither endorses gay marriage. However, the crucial difference between the two is that Obama supports rights and legal protections for same-sex couples, while Bachmann opposes any rights for such couples.
Rep. Michele Bachmann announced she will formally enter the presidential race in a speech on Monday in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa. Though Bachmann represents Minnesota in Congress, a position she has held since 2007, she said she wants to win the White House to be a voice for Iowa.
Sen. Al Franken and the White House both issued statements on Monday regarding a proposed anti–gay marriage amendment to the Minnesota Constitution. Obama’s message was lukewarm; he said leaving the issue to the states was the best idea, while Franken said the amendment would write discrimination into the Minnesota Constitution.
In an interview with the BBC on Friday, Rep. Michele Bachmann responded to criticism she’s received over her claims that President Barack Obama spent $200 million a day during a recent trip to India. Bachmann defended the statement, saying she was just quoting a newspaper and that she never said she believed it.
Sen. Al Franken is urging Attorney General Eric Holder not to appeal a United States District Court decision on Tuesday that ruled the military’s ban on openly serving gay and lesbian servicemembers unconsitutional. In a letter, signed with 18 other senators, Franken wrote that Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell “not only weakens our military, but neither is it an effective use of our government resources or taxpayer monies.”
Rep. Michele Bachmann released a new campaign ad late last week that attempts to tie DFL opponent Tarryl Clark to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The ad is Bachmann’s fourth, and is the first ad to forgo
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