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The Endorsement Of Amy Klobucher
An interesting question to ask is: who is the hardest working member of the United States Senate. If the time period you were covering was January 3, 2009 to July 7, 2009 the answer would be easy: Minnesota’s senior Senator … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, abortion, Affordable Health Care Act, Al Franken, Amy Klobucher, children's issues, conservative, Constitution, Democrat, Democratic-Farmers-Labor Party, Department of Agriculture, DFL, energy, gay rights, House, Jesse ventura, jobs, LGBT rights, Maine, Michele Bachmann, Minnesota, Missouri, Native American issues, Norm Coleman, Obamacare, politics, progressive, Republican, Roy Blunt, Senate, small business, Social Security, Susan Collins, tourism, United States Constitution, University of Chicago, veterans, women's rights, Yale
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W III
The more the Republican presidential race unfolds one striking set of observations continue to haunt me. Despite his name never being uttered, the leading candidates seem to be advocating a third George W. Bush term. They are in complete denial … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 elections, 2012 election, abortion, Alabama, Arizona, Attorney General, Bill Haslam, Bob McDonnell, child labor, child labor laws, Chris Christie, D.A.D.T., Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department of Justice, Department of Labor, Department of the Interior, Department of Transportation, Dodd-Frank, Drill Baby Drill, Florida, George W. Bush, Government regulations, Health and Human Services, HHS, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, HUD, Indiana, Jan Brewer, John Bolton, John Kasich, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, minimum wage, Mitch Daniels, money in politics, New Jersey, Office of Management and Budget, Ohio, OMB, Paul LePage, politics, recall, regulations, Republican, Republican Presidential Primary, Rick Perry, Rick Scott, Robert Bentley, Ronald Reagan, Sam Brownback, Scott Walker, State Department, taxes, Tennessee, Texas, Treasury, U.N., union busting, unions, United Nations, VA, Veteran's Administration, Virginia, Wisconsin, women's rights
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A Tale Of Two Letters
On June 30th I exercised one of the great rights in our representative government; I sent a letter to my Representative in the United States House of Representatives. In their wisdom, our founding fathers set up the House of Representatives … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congess, agriculture, Democrats, Department of Agriculture, food safety, House, HR 2112, Renee Ellmers, Republicans, Tea Party, W.I.C.
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Why Make The Children Pay?
I am venturing into dangerous territory. I’m a big city boy who is going to discuss an agriculture bill. This is an illustration of what we expect from our members of Congress – we expect them to be experts on … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, Democrats, Department of Agriculture, family farm, food safety, Great Depression, House, HR 2112, Michele Bachmann, Obama, regulation, Republicans, Senate, unemployment, WIC
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Rand Paul “Economic Genius”
Most of us on the left of the political spectrum, myself included, felt that Rand Paul, (R-KY), was the only Tea Party nutcase that managed to gain election to the Senate in the 2010 elections. If there was any doubt … Continue reading
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Tagged Amtrak, budget, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Corps of Engineers, Davis-Bacon Act, defecit, Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department of Justice, Department of Labor, Department of the Interior, Department of Transportation, E.P.A., F.C.C., G.S.A., Glenn Beck, H.U.D., Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, N.A.S.A., Rand Paul, State Department, T.A.R.P., Tea Party, The Economist
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