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Minnesotans line up for a stimulus shot
Dec 29, 2008
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The first big wave of change in the new Obama administration, a roughly $850 billion economic stimulus package, has brought out a swarm of Minnesota officials, businesses and special interest groups vying for a chunk of the nationwide infrastructure buildup.
With President-elect Barack Obama and th...
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US lawmakers urge Bush not to forget Taiwan
Dec 25, 2008
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Fourteen members of the US Congress have written to US President George W. Bush urging him not to forget Taiwan during his final days in office.
They want Bush to warn President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) that he must respect Taiwan’s basic freedoms and civil rights as he tries to improve relations with Ch...
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American people angered by bailouts, says Bachmann
Dec 17, 2008
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Sixth District Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, R-MN, says the massive bailouts only accomplish an angering of American people.
Bachmann voted against the $700 billion bailout and she has expressed opposition at providing a bailout for the Big Three automakers.
She offered the following analysis ...
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For UAW, Aid Likely to Come With Strings
Nov 21, 2008
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As the head of the United Auto Workers union lobbied for a congressional deal to help Detroit's struggling auto makers Thursday, it became clearer that the companies and the union will need to make sacrifices in order to win federal aid.
UAW President Ron Gettelfinger joined executives of General M...
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Larding up the Bailout
Oct 3, 2008
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The bailout bill passed this week by the U.S. Senate was not only helpful to those holding troubled mortgage-backed securities and related investments. It was also a great boon for wool researchers and makers of wooden arrows for use by children, rum producers in Puerto Rico, and auto racers, among ...
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Minnesotans who voted no in spotlight
Oct 1, 2008
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Sisters Emily Green and Alissa Witte of Mankato were waiting for lunch at the Wagon Wheel Cafe on Wednesday when U.S. Rep. Tim Walz stopped by, dropped to one knee and then explained why he ignored pleas from President Bush and his own Democratic Party leaders and voted against the government's ...
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Bachmann rejects bailout plan she calls “impractical”
Sep 29, 2008
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Sixth District Rep. Michele Bachmann voted against a $700 billion package Monday to rescue the nation’s financial industry.
“Unfortunately, the bill we have before us does not address the credit crisis,” Bachmann, a member of the House Financial Services Committee, said on the House floor. “Let’s e...
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A bitter pill draws a bipartisan refusal
Sep 29, 2008
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Geography and philosophy may have mattered more than party Monday in determining how individual U.S. House members voted on the ill-fated $700 billion financial rescue package. Minnesotans in the House were just as divided as their peers -- and just as bipartisan in rejecting the plan.
Four member...
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Bachmann Visits Woodwinds
Sep 10, 2008
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U.S. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R), who represents Minnesota’s sixth district, recently visited with HealthEast and Woodwinds Health Campus leaders.
HealthEast wanted to thank the congresswoman for her support on the appropriations award funded through the Labor Health and Human Services and E...
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Refuge seeks ‘discovery center’
Sep 10, 2008
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U.S. Sen. Michele Bachmann and Department of Interior Assistant Secretary for Fish Wildlife and Parks Lyle Laverty last Thursday joined others to discuss future plans for the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge near Zimmerman.
Friends of Sherburne National Refuge have set a goal to raise $6 ...
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