This section offers up-to-date information focusing on the major legislative issues or current events with which Mark is actively involved.

December
»	12/22/05 -	Dayton Scores Major Senate Victory to Provide More Military Child Care and Family Assistance
»	12/21/05 -	Dayton: Budget Bill Slashes Health Care, Fattens Wealthy Wallets
»	12/20/05 -	Dayton Defends MILC Program in Budget Bill
»	12/20/05 -	Dayton Joins Colleagues in Calling for Farmers’ Disaster Assistance
»	12/19/05 -	Floor Statement: Dayton Calls for Extension of PATRIOT Act to Better Protect Americans’ Rights
»	12/16/05 -	Dayton Fights to Protect NWA Flight Attendant Jobs from Outsourcing
»	12/15/05 -	Dayton Backs Successful Bid to Provide More Home Heating Assistance This Winter
»	12/14/05 -	Dayton/Democrats Call on Bush to Provide Honest Dialogue on Iraq War Strategy
»	12/13/05 -	FLOOR STATEMENT BY U.S. SENATOR MARK DAYTON ON SENATOR EUGENE MCCARTHY
»	12/10/05 -	Statement by U.S. Senator Mark Dayton on the passing of Eugene McCarthy
»	12/08/05 -	Dayton Office Presents Purple Heart Decoration to Brainerd Native
»	12/05/05 -	Dayton Urges Senate to Give Farmers Ag Disaster Aid Before Winter Recess
November
»	11/18/05 -	Dayton Secures Over $12.3 Million for Minnesota Transportation, Housing Projects
»	11/18/05 -	Dayton Secures $18.3 Million for Minnesota Military and Veterans Programs
»	11/18/05 -	Dayton Fights to Provide Relief for Farmers Struggling with High Energy Costs
»	11/18/05 -	Dayton Measure To Close Tax Loophole On Corporate Jets Passes Senate
»	11/16/05 -	Statement by Senator Mark Dayton on FAA’s Northwest Airlines Investigation Report
»	11/16/05 -	Dayton: Congress Turns Its Back on Local Law Enforcement
»	11/16/05 -	Senate Passes Bill to Protect Worker Pensions
»	11/16/05 -	Dayton Secures Over $45 Million for Minnesota Flood Control, Conservation Projects
»	11/16/05 -	Dayton Secures Over $1.8 Million to Fight Crime in Minnesota
»	11/15/05 -	Dayton Urges Minnesotans to Learn the Facts about Their Medicare Drug Plan Choices
»	11/15/05 -	Dayton Amendment Urging Pentagon to Honor Reenlistment Bonus Promise Passes Unanimously
»	11/15/05 -	Dayton Amendment to Provide $60 Million for Military Families, National Guard Soldiers Passes Unanimously
»	11/15/05 -	Dayton, Senate Colleagues Call for Clear, Effective Strategy on Iraq War and Bringing Troops Home
»	11/15/05 -	Dayton: Bush Administration Fails American People and Troops on Iraq Policies
»	11/10/05 -	Dayton Demands Congressional Oversight on Recent Discovery of Secret CIA “Black Site” Prisons
»	11/07/05 -	Dayton, MN Congressional Colleagues Push for Continued Cancer Research Funding for Rochester Mayo Clinic
»	11/07/05 -	Dayton, Bipartisan Congressional Colleagues Urge Bush to Keep Commitment for Great Lakes Restoration
»	11/03/05 -	Dayton: Budget Bill Fails Minnesota
»	11/03/05 -	Dayton Secures $263,000 to Give Southeastern MN Farmers Tools to Increase Water Quality in their Community
»	11/03/05 -	Dayton Fights to Protect Arctic National Wildlife Refuge From Oil Drilling
»	11/03/05 -	Dayton Secures Over $3 Million for U of M to Help MN Farmers Improve Business/Marketing Skills
»	11/03/05 -	Dayton Secures Nearly $5 Million in Federal Funding for Minnesota Agricultural Projects
»	11/02/05 -	Dayton Joins Colleagues in Rare Closed-Door Session to Demand Answers on White House Use of Prewar Intelligence
October
»	10/28/05 -	Dayton Fights for Equal Access to Polls for All Voters;
»	10/27/05 -	Dayton Presses Oil Companies to Help Keep Needy Out of the Cold
»	10/27/05 -	Dayton Gets 42 Million Medicare Recipients the Real Facts About Their Benefits
»	10/27/05 -	STATEMENT OF SENATOR MARK DAYTON ON HARRIET MIERS' WITHDRAWAL OF HER NOMINATION TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
»	10/26/05 -	Dayton Denounces Congress for Failing Help Americans Who Face Record Heating Costs
»	10/26/05 -	Dayton Fights to Ensure Medicare Recipients Know Their Benefits
»	10/25/05 -	STATEMENT OF SENATOR MARK DAYTON ON DEATHS OF 2,000 AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN IRAQ
»	10/25/05 -	Dayton Commemorates Friend and Colleague, Paul Wellstone on Senate Floor
»	10/24/05 -	Dayton Receives Wellstone Award for Work on Health Care Initiatives
»	10/21/05 -	SENATE PASSES DAYTON/COLEMAN AMENDMENT TO PROTECT AMERICAN ATV CONSUMERS
»	10/21/05 -	Dayton Announces Over $1.5 Million in Federal Funding for St. Paul Head Start Program
»	10/21/05 -	Dayton Announces Over $1.5 Million in Federal Funding for Mora Head Start Program
»	10/21/05 -	Dayton Secures Over $7.2 Million for Minnesota Transit and Economic Development Projects
»	10/20/05 -	Dayton Denounces Congress For Failing To Help Americans Who Face Record Heating Costs
»	10/20/05 -	Senate Blocks Dayton Anti-Gas Price Gouging Amendment
»	10/19/05 -	SENATORS DAYTON AND COLEMAN SUPPORT NOMINATION OF MINNESOTA’S BEN WHITNEY FOR U.S AMBASSADOR TO NORWAY
»	10/19/05 -	Dayton: Senate’s Fails to Pass Minimum Wage Increase to Benefit 49,000 Minnesotans
»	10/19/05 -	Dayton Fights to Protect Emergency Aid for Minnesota Dairy Farmers
»	10/07/05 -	Dayton Secures Over $71.1 Million for Minnesota Defense Projects
»	10/06/05 -	Dayton Secures $100 million for Military Families, National Guard Soldiers
»	10/05/05 -	Dayton, Coleman, Sabo Announce $700,000 for the Midtown Global Market in Minneapolis
»	10/04/05 -	Dayton Secures $240,000 for Neighborhood House in St. Paul
»	10/03/05 -	Dayton Joins with Local Officials to Advance War on Meth
September
»	09/27/05 -	FLOOR STATEMENT OF SENATOR MARK DAYTON ON SENATE VOTE TO CONFIRM JOHN G. ROBERTS, JR., AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES
»	09/23/05 -	Dayton, Bipartisan Colleagues Make Final Push to Help Local Law Enforcement Combat Meth
»	09/23/05 -	Statement by Senator Mark Dayton on the Nomination of Judge John G. Roberts for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
»	09/22/05 -	Floor Statement by U.S. Senator Mark Dayton Introducing Department of Peace and Nonviolence Legislation
»	09/22/05 -	Dayton Introduces Legislation to Establish U.S. Department of Peace and Nonviolence
»	09/22/05 -	Dayton Secures Nearly $5 Million in Federal Funding for Minnesota Agriculture Projects
»	09/22/05 -	Dayton Fights to Keep Northern Minnesota Farmers Out of the Cold
»	09/22/05 -	Dayton Secures $6.5 Million for the Duluth Air National Guard Base in Military Spending Bill
»	09/21/05 -	Dayton Calls for Immediate Action on Pension Reform
»	09/19/05 -	Dayton Introduces Anti-Gas Price-Gouging Bill
»	09/16/05 -	Dayton Announces Over $1 Million in Treasury Awards for Two Minnesota Organizations
»	09/15/05 -	Dayton Meets With Minnesota Delegate to 2005 Hispanic Leadership Summit
»	09/14/05 -	Statement by Senator Mark Dayton on Northwest Airlines Filing for Bankruptcy
»	09/14/05 -	Dayton Amendment to Restore Local Law Enforcement Funding to Combat Meth Passes Senate
»	09/14/05 -	Dayton Demands Immediate Public Investigation-Hearings on Failed Relief Effort
»	09/13/05 -	Dayton Adds Support to Agricultural Disaster Assistance Legislation
»	09/13/05 -	Dayton Decries Senate’s Refusal to Repeal Harmful EPA Mercury Rule
»	09/09/05 -	Dayton Urges Investigation and Public Hearings on Appointments of Unqualified FEMA Officials
»	09/08/05 -	Dayton Floor Statement Calling on Administration to Hold Public Hearings on Katrina Relief Efforts
»	09/07/05 -	Dayton Urges Attorney General to Investigate Price Gouging at the Pump
»	09/07/05 -	Dayton Pushes for Hearing on U.S. Crop Damage Due to Hurricane Katrina, Other Natural Disasters
»	09/06/05 -	Dayton Completes Northern MN E-85 Gas Station Tour
»	09/02/05 -	Statement by U.S. Senator Mark Dayton on Federal Aviation Administration Investigation AND Letter to Marion Blakey, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
August
»	08/11/05 -	Dayton Announces Over $3 Million for Higher Education in Minnesota
July
»	07/29/05 -	Dayton Urges President Bush Against Recess Appointment Of John Bolton
»	07/29/05 -	Dayton Denounces Special Interest Gun Liability Bill
»	07/29/05 -	Dayton Secures Millions in Federal Funding for Minnesota Transportation Projects
»	07/29/05 -	Dayton Secures Over $4 Million for Minnesota Conservation Projects
»	07/29/05 -	Dayton’s Ethanol Vehicle Awareness Provision Passes in Final Energy Bill
»	07/29/05 -	Dayton Applauds Passage of $1.5 Billion in Emergency Funds for Veterans’ Health Care
»	07/28/05 -	Dayton Applauds Passage of Dru’s Law to Create First-Ever National Sex Offender Registry
»	07/28/05 -	Statement by Senator Dayton on the final passage of CAFTA
»	07/28/05 -	Dayton to Travel to China, Will Meet with Chinese Leaders, Members of Minnesota Business Community
»	07/22/05 -	Dayton Announces Over $7 Million in Federal Grants for Minneapolis and Robbinsdale Schools
»	07/22/05 -	Dayton Announces Over $600,000 in Federal Grants for Minnesota Museums
»	07/21/05 -	Dayton Secures $6.5 Million for the Duluth Air National Guard Base
»	07/21/05 -	Dayton Secures Over $5 Million for Minnesota Transit and Economic Development Projects
»	07/20/05 -	Dayton Fights to Protect Minnesota Dairy Farmers from Trade Loophole
»	07/19/05 -	U.S. Senator Mark Dayton’s statement on President Bush’s nominee for the Supreme Court
»	07/15/05 -	Dayton Fights to Protect Minnesota’s Lakes From Harmful Asian Carp
»	07/15/05 -	Dayton Urges United Nations to Protect Hmong Refugees in Thailand from Human Rights Abuses
»	07/14/05 -	Dayton Pushes to Restore Funds for Minnesota’s First Responders for Terrorism and Emergency Response Training and Equipment
»	07/14/05 -	Dayton Secures Visa for Priest at Minneapolis Ethiopian Orthodox Church
»	07/14/05 -	Dayton Pushes to Restore Funds for Minnesota’s First Responders for Terrorism and Emergency Response Training and Equipment
»	07/14/05 -	Dayton Secures Visa for Priest at Minneapolis Ethiopian Orthodox Church
»	07/13/05 -	Dayton Secures Over $970,000 for Public Safety Improvements in Minnesota
»	07/13/05 -	Dayton, Coleman, Peterson, Pawlenty Support Emergency Plan to Aid Livestock Farmers Affected by Kittson County Floods
»	07/12/05 -	Dayton Votes to Fix VA Budget Shortfall with $1.5 Billion in Emergency Funds for Veterans Health Care
»	07/11/05 -	Dayton Vows to Help Kittson Residents with Disaster Relief; Community Recovering from Recent Floods and Tornados
»	07/08/05 -	Dayton Celebrates the Release of Over $1 Million in Federal Funds to Minnesota Housing and Community Development Projects
»	07/08/05 -	Dayton Requests $1.4 Million for Hmong Tuberculosis Control and Elimination Programs in Minnesota
»	07/08/05 -	Dayton Completes Second E-85 Tour in Minnesota
»	07/05/05 -	Dayton: Over $575,000 Grant Will Help Duluth YMCA to Implement Mentoring Program for At-Risk School Children
»	07/01/05 -	Dayton Secures Nearly $5 Million in Federal Funding for Minnesota Agriculture Projects
»	07/01/05 -	Dayton Announces More Than $46 Million in Funding for Minnesota Water Projects; Restores Dollars to Expand National Use of E-85
»	07/01/05 -	Dayton Announces $20 Million for Lewis and Clark Rural Water Project
»	07/01/05 -	Dayton Calls for Hearing to Investigate USDA’s Testing of Contaminated Cattle
»	07/01/05 -	STATEMENT BY SENATOR MARK DAYTON ON THE RETIREMENT OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR
June
»	06/29/05 -	Dayton Outraged Over Bush’s Failure to Support Veterans’ Health Care; Senator Supports $1.4 Billion in Emergency Funding
»	06/29/05 -	Dayton Secures $7.3 Million for Minnesota Conservation Projects
»	06/29/05 -	U.S. SENATOR MARK DAYTON’S STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT BUSH’S SPEECH ON IRAQ
»	06/28/05 -	Dayton Votes for Passage of Senate Energy Bill – But Cautions it will not Remedy America’s Dependence on Foreign Oil
»	06/28/05 -	Dayton Announces $300,000 Federal Grant for the Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans
»	06/24/05 -	Testimony of Senator Mark Dayton at the BRAC Regional Hearing in Grand Forks
»	06/23/05 -	Dayton, Coleman Testify at BRAC Hearing on the Economic and Strategic Impact of Proposed Plans for Duluth, Grand Forks, and Fargo Bases
»	06/23/05 -	Dayton, Democratic Colleagues Urge Bush to Consult with Senate Before Nominating Next Supreme Court Justice
»	06/22/05 -	Dayton Fights for Rural Minnesota in Energy Bill
»	06/22/05 -	Dayton Calls for Increased Federal Funding Vital to Keeping Sesame Street, Clifford the Big Red Dog on Public Television
»	06/21/05 -	Dayton Proposes Nationwide Ethanol Mandate Based on Minnesota’s E-10 Law
»	06/20/05 -	Dayton Urges Secretary Rice to Protect Hmong in Laos from Human Rights Abuses
»	06/16/05 -	Dayton Urges Minnesotans with Student Loan Debt to Consolidate Their Loans by July 1st
»	06/16/05 -	Dayton Requests Hearings on Defense Secretary’s Proposal to Realign Duluth Air National Guard Base
»	06/15/05 -	Dayton Fights to Protect Program that Boosts MN Manufacturing Within Global Economy
»	06/15/05 -	Dayton Urges President Bush to Include MN Community Leaders in his Visit Friday to Minnesota
»	06/14/05 -	Dayton Presented with Biodiesel Lifetime Achievement Award
»	06/13/05 -	Dayton’s Request for Senate Hearing Agreed to; Committee Will Explore Requiring Paper Trail of All Ballots Cast on Electronic Voting Machines
»	06/13/05 -	Dayton Urges Secretary Rice to Refer Devils Lake Outlet Project to International Joint Commission; Senator Concerned About Significant Risks to Minnesota
»	06/09/05 -	U.S. Senator Mark Dayton’s Statement on Error Which Caused Minnesotans to Receive Empty Envelopes from Medicare/Medicaid, Instead of Important Benefits Information
»	06/06/05 -	Dayton Calls for Continued Federal Funding to Fight Methamphetamine Production and Distribution in Minnesota
»	06/06/05 -	Dayton Completes Statewide Tour of E-85 Stations in Effort to Promote Greater Use of Cheaper, Environmentally Friendly Homegrown Fuel
May
»	05/24/05 -	Statement by Senator Mark Dayton on the Agreement to End the Fillibuster Fight
»	05/24/05 -	Dayton Works to Maintain Rural Ambulance Services for Minnesotans in Need of Care
»	05/20/05 -	FLOOR STATEMENT OF U.S. SENATOR MARK DAYTON ON THE NUCLEAR OPTION
»	05/20/05 -	STATEMENT OF U.S. SENATOR MARK DAYTON AT SENATE DEMOCRATIC POLICY COMMITTEE HEARING
»	05/18/05 -	FLOOR STATEMENT BY SENATOR MARK DAYTON ON THE NUCLEAR OPTION
»	05/18/05 -	Minnesota, North Dakota Senators Request Military Base Closure Commission Hearing in Grand Forks; Base Realignment Predicted to Cost Area Nearly 5,000 Jobs
»	05/17/05 -	Dayton Applauds Over $3 Billion for Minnesota Transportation Needs
»	05/17/05 -	Senators Dayton and Coleman Honor Two Minnesota Flight School Employees for Bravery in Alerting FBI to Zacarias Moussaoui
»	05/13/05 -	Statement by U.S. Senator Mark Dayton on the Pentagon’s Military Base Closure Report
»	05/13/05 -	Dayton Pushes Through More Than $100 Million for Duluth Military Base, Minnesota-Based Defense Projects, and Child Care Assistance for Guardsman and Reservists Living Far From Home
»	05/12/05 -	Senate Passes Dayton-Lugar Ethanol Vehicle Awareness Amendment to Help Americans Fuel Their Vehicles with E85
»	05/11/05 -	Dayton Pushes for “Patients’ Bill of Rights” To Put Medical Decisions Back in Hands of Patients and Doctors
»	05/11/05 -	Dayton Praises Fix for Temporary Worker Visa Program
»	05/03/05 -	Dayton Continues Strong Support of Kids First; Legislation Would Provide Health Care for Every Child in America
April
»	04/29/05 -	Dayton, Minnesotans to Travel to Israel
»	04/28/05 -	Dayton Calls for Continued Funding for COPS Program
»	04/27/05 -	Dayton Calls for Paper Trail of All Ballots Cast on Electronic Voting Machines
»	04/26/05 -	Dayton Joins in Rally to Protect Social Security and Stop Privatization
»	04/25/05 -	Senate Passes Dayton-Coleman Resolution Commending Gopher Women's Hockey Team on Defending National Championship
»	04/25/05 -	Dayton Fights to Protect MN National Guard Bases from Consideration for Closure
»	04/22/05 -	Dayton Introduces Legislation to Fund First-Ever National Child Protection Development and Training Center in Winona
»	04/21/05 -	Dayton: Iraq Spending Bill Fails to Support Veterans
»	04/21/05 -	Statement of Senator Dayton on the Nomination of Ambassador John D. Negroponte to become Director of National Intelligence
»	04/20/05 -	Dayton Condemns CAFTA for Putting Minnesota Sugar Beet Industry and Jobs at Risk
»	04/19/05 -	Dayton Urges Fix for Temporary Worker Visa Program, Crucial to Northern Minnesota Companies
»	04/19/05 -	Dayton Blasts EPA at Senate Hearing on Mercury Emissions; New Rule Fails to Protect Public Health
»	04/15/05 -	Dayton Pushes to Allow Military Families to Use Family and Medical Leave Act Benefits
»	04/14/05 -	Dayton Joins in Reintroducing Dru’s Law to Create First-Ever National Sex Offender Registry
»	04/12/05 -	Dayton Outraged by Senate’s Failure to Support Emergency Healthcare Funding for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans
»	04/07/05 -	Dayton Promotes Tax Credits for Family Farms that Use Wind Power
»	04/07/05 -	Dayton Presses Senate Committee for Hearing on Mercury’s Danger to Public Health
March
»	03/22/05 -	U.S. SENATOR MARK DAYTON’S STATEMENT ON RED LAKE SCHOOL SHOOTING
»	03/21/05 -	Dayton Secures $2.6 Million for Moorhead’s 34th Street Corridor Extension
»	03/21/05 -	Dayton Announces St. Cloud Native’s Appointment to United States Air Force Academy
»	03/21/05 -	Dayton Announces Brooklyn Park Native’s Appointment to West Point Military Academy
»	03/21/05 -	U.S. SENATOR MARK DAYTON’S STATEMENT ON TERRI SCHIAVO CASE
»	03/17/05 -	Dayton Pushes for Greater Use of Ethanol, Biodiesel in Nation’s Gasoline
»	03/17/05 -	Dayton Fights to Restore $2.8 Billion for Agriculture Programs in 2006 Budget
»	03/17/05 -	Dayton Works to Preserve Community Development Block Grants, a Lifeline for 250 Minnesota Communities
»	03/16/05 -	Dayton: Budget Shortchanges Veterans Health Care
»	03/16/05 -	Dayton Helps St. Paul’s Neighborhood House Secure $150,000 Grant to Assist Hmong Refugees
»	03/16/05 -	Dayton Votes to Protect Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from Oil Drilling
»	03/16/05 -	Dayton Pushes to Restore $1.6 billion in Grants for Local First Responders
»	03/15/05 -	Dayton Fights Republican Attempt to Slash Medicaid Funding for Minnesota’s Neediest Families
»	03/15/05 -	Dayton Joins with Senate Democrats in Fight to Protect Social Security from Benefit Cuts
»	03/15/05 -	Dayton Calls for a Hearing on Mercury’s Impact on Public Health
»	03/14/05 -	Dayton’s Montgomery GI Bill Would Address Military Recruiting Crisis
»	03/14/05 -	Dayton Denounces New EPA Rule on Mercury Emissions for Putting America’s Children at Risk
»	03/11/05 -	Dayton: Farmington, Aurora and Excelsior Fire Departments Awarded Over $145,000
»	03/10/05 -	Dayton Joins in Introducing Legislation to Combat Alzheimer’s Disease
»	03/10/05 -	Dayton Votes Against Bankruptcy Bill, Legislation Passed Tonight Attacks Working Americans and Fails to Address Corporate Fraud
»	03/09/05 -	Dayton: 2006 Budget Must Restore Crucial Funds to Minnesota’s First Responders
»	03/08/05 -	Statement of Senator Mark Dayton on Heartland Energy’s Decision to Pull Plans for Preston Tire-Burning Plant
»	03/07/05 -	Dayton Supports Minimum Wage Increase to Benefit 7.3 Million Americans, Including 86,000 Minnesotans
»	03/07/05 -	Dayton Calls on EPA to Address Serious Flaws in Mercury Emissions Rule
»	03/07/05 -	Dayton Votes to Overturn USDA Proposal to Resume Canadian Beef Imports
February
»	02/23/05 -	Dayton: Federal Grant of $52,000 Awarded to Mentor Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department
»	02/23/05 -	Statement of U.S. Senator Mark Dayton on the Deaths of Minnesota National Guardsmen in Iraq
»	02/18/05 -	Frist, Reid, Coleman and Dayton Lead Bipartisan Drive on Capitol Hill to Assist in Restoring Thai Fishing Economy Devastated by Tsunami
»	02/18/05 -	Dayton's Website Launches Social Insecurity Calculator, Revealing How Average Americans Will Lose Benefits Under Bush Privatization Plan
»	02/18/05 -	Dayton Urges Continued Funding for Commercial Air Service Program Serving Northern Minnesota Communities
»	02/17/05 -	Statement of Senator Dayton on the Nomination of Ambassador John D. Negroponte to become Director of National Intelligence
»	02/17/05 -	Dayton Joins Colleagues in Urging Administration to Take Immediate Action to Curb Global Mercury Pollution
»	02/17/05 -	Dayton: Federal Grant of More Than $724,000 Awarded to Minneapolis Fire Department
»	02/16/05 -	Dayton: President's Proposal to Increase Prescription Drug Costs for America's Veterans Unconscionable
»	02/15/05 -	Dayton Decries Elimination of Amtrak Funding in President's Budget; Urges Congress to Provide Funding to Keep Trains Running in Minnesota
»	02/14/05 -	Dayton Celebrates Achievements of His Unique Constituent Service; Health Care Help Line Has Assisted Over 2,000 Minnesotans in Disputes with Health Insurers
»	02/10/05 -	Dayton Calls for Action to Curb Global Warming
»	02/09/05 -	Statement of U.S. Senator Mark Dayton on his Decision Not to Seek Re-Election
»	02/08/05 -	Dayton: U.S. Department of Homeland Security to Hold Workshops Across Minnesota on Applying for Important Fire Grant Program
»	02/07/05 -	Dayton Introduces Bill to Improve Benefits for America’s National Guard and Reservists on Extended Active Duty
»	02/07/05 -	Dayton: Bush Administration is More Concerned with Protecting Big Business than Protecting Public Health
»	02/03/05 -	Dayton: Over $225,000 in Federal Grants for Warroad, Windom, Stewart, and Benson Fire Departments
»	02/03/05 -	Dayton Joins Congressional Colleagues, Environmental Leaders at Rally to Protect Arctic Refuge from “Backdoor” Push for Drilling
»	02/03/05 -	Dayton Receives Award for Perfect Voting Record in Protecting America’s National Parks
»	02/01/05 -	Dayton Helps Secure Additional $100 Million to Protect Thousands of Minnesotans from Frigid Weather; Urges President Bush to Increase Heating Assistance to $3.4 Billion in FY 2006 Budget
»	02/01/05 -	Statement by U.S. Senator Mark Dayton on Black History Month
January
»	01/31/05 -	Statement by U.S. Senator Mark Dayton on Election in Iraq
»	01/28/05 -	Statement of Senator Mark Dayton on Oversight Hearing on the Bush Administration’s Plans to Privatize Social Security
»	01/28/05 -	Dayton Questions Whether Bush Administration Is Using Social Security as Distraction from Fiscal Crisis
»	01/28/05 -	Statement by Senator Mark Dayton on Black History Month
»	01/27/05 -	Dayton Fights Meth Plague by Joining Colleagues in Introducing Bill Limiting Access to Key Ingredient Used in Making Drug
»	01/26/05 -	Dayton Applauds Preston-Area Citizens for Persistence in Securing Environmental Impact Study of Tire-Burning Plant
»	01/26/05 -	Opposing the Nomination of Dr. Condoleezza Rice to become Secretary of State
»	01/24/05 -	Dayton Introduces Bill to Crack Down on Meth
»	01/24/05 -	Dayton Champions Major Reform to Medicare Bill; Senator’s Legislation Would Lower Rx Drug Prices for 41 Million Seniors
»	01/20/05 -	Dayton: Over $525,000 in Federal Grants for Wabasha, Coon Rapids, Aitkin, Henderson, Andover, and Byron Fire Departments
»	01/12/05 -	Dayton Announces Over $525,000 in Federal Grants for Dovray, Osakis, Cromwell, Miltona, and Vermilion Fire Departments
»	01/12/05 -	Dayton Urges Paid Sick Leave for Working Minnesota Families
»	01/11/05 -	Dayton Seeks Extension of MILC Program; Urges President to Honor His Commitment to Minnesota’s Dairy Farmers
»	01/07/05 -	Dayton Supports Johanns to Head USDA; Promises to Protect Minnesota’s Agricultural Priorities
»	01/06/05 -	Dayton Supports Immediate Tax Deduction for Americans Making Donations to Tsunami Victims
»	01/06/05 -	Dayton: Madison Volunteer Fire Department Awarded Over $112,000
»	01/05/05 -	Dayton Statement on New Report About Education Spending in Minnesota