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The $14 billion bailout of the auto industry passed the U.S. House on Wednesday by 237 to 170, but the majority of Minnesota’s Congressional delegates voted against it. The bill will give loans to General Motors and Chrysler to aid them in continuing operations and staving off probable layoffs.
Democratic Reps. Betty McCollum and James Oberstar [...]

If Congress votes to keep a cost-of-living increase this session as scheduled, Rep. Tim Walz will give that money back, Blue Stem Prairie reports.

“I am committed to fiscal responsibility and to changing the way Washington works,” said Rep. Walz in a press release. “The reinstatement of pay-as-you-go budgeting has finally put this country back on [...]

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“Now the president’s rejected our legislation, he has the responsibility to tell the American people how many more years does he expect us to stay. Do you think it will be five, maybe 10? … Wishful thinking, political talking points and rigid ideology do not make good foreign policy.”

The Rochester Post-Bulletin reported Tuesday that the declared Republican challengers for the U.S. House seat in the 1st District in southern Minnesota are already off and running in the race to raise campaign cash. According to the Post-Bulletin, state Sen. Dick Day of Owatonna leads the pack with about $20,000 raised. In second place [...]

While some members of Congress avoid the spotlight unless it’s election time, others seem to relish it. It appears that novice Congressman Tim Walz in Minnesota’s 1st District is already charting the former course, which seems odd for a former high school geography teacher and first-time officeholder.

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There is a broader solution. With proper leadership we will find it.

Now that the Federal Railroad Administration has told the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern railroad that it is not going to give it the hoped-for $2.3 billion loan to expand into the Powder River Basin, is that the end of a decade-long dream for the [...]

Not too long ago we posted a scorecard reflecting the players on the DM&E $2.3 billion, no collateral, taxpayer-guaranteed loan controversy. Since then, much has changed with the introduction of bills in the Senate and House requiring Congress to review any transportation-related loan over $1 billion. Below is the updated scorecard, with additions highlighted:

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Republicans, Democrats combine to thwart Sen. Thune, DM&E back-door deal

One would think that it would be a cold day in hell or a consistently 70º Minnesota winter to see newly elected Minnesota Reps. Tim Walz and Michele Bachmann cosponsoring the same piece of legislation. The same is true with veteran Minnesota Reps. Betty McCollum and [...]

Rep. Tim Walz of Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District has been designated as one of 29 “frontline” seats for 2008 by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, according to a story by CQPolitics.com. Walz scored a stunning 7-point victory over incumbent Gil Gutknecht in 2006. Many Republicans feel that Walz is vulnerable in this district that voted [...]

Despite what some politicians like to tell you, teachers are notoriously overworked and underpaid. And unlike disciples of free-market economist Milton Friedman (God rest his soul), they receive their rewards in forms other than money.
That’s why it appears that freshman Congressman Tim Walz is feeling a bit guilty for seeing his salary triple when [...]