A bill introduced into Congress earlier this month would add an extra dimension of legal protection for political bloggers. The Blogger Protection Act (HR 5699) would exempt bloggers from Federal Election Commission…
President Bush reached a deal with House leaders last week on a $150 billion economic stimulus package. The plan relies on tax rebates and temporary tax breaks for businesses to deliver a boost to the nation’s slumping economy.…
Gov. Tim Pawlenty released his $1.09 billion bonding proposal last week, a figure that includes the $965 million state limit in addition to other sources. Big ticket items in Pawlenty’s plan are $255…
Roland Arnall certainly never has tried to hide his support for the Republican Party. He personally donated $5 million to help run a pro-Bush ad in 2004 and Ameriquest, a mortgage company Arnall founded, gave $250,000 to President Bush’s inaugural…
Midnight Sunday marked the end of the third quarter of 2007, at which point federal campaigns were required to submit reports on their fund-raising progress to the Federal Election Commission.
This deadline may be a make-or-break point…
It’s official: Minnesota Democrats today announced they will match Republicans in holding their presidential caucuses on Feb. 5, 2008, pushing up the primary date more than a month ahead of its schedule.
The Minnesota DFL Party Tuesday approved the move…
By a wide margin of 371 to 40, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an anti-terrorism bill Friday that includes language granting immunity to tipsters who report suspicious activities to authorities.
Inspired by a lawsuit filed by six Muslim…
After being stuck in a conference committee and stymied by a disagreement over final language, a bill to protect citizens who report suspicious activities seems to be going ahead after all, thanks in part to Minnesota Sens. Norm Coleman,…
U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison was among 22 Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee who issued a contempt citation against two senior White House aides over the dismissals of nine U.S. attorneys last year.
Voting along party lines, all 17 Republicans…
President Bush’s decision to commute the sentence of a former White House aide, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, prompted the House Judiciary Committee to schedule hearings next week on presidential clemency powers.
Libby, a former chief of staff for Vice President…
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