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  • Star Tribune: Bachmann pushes Congress to embrace Skype
    Jul 12, 2010  - Like most members of Congress these days, Rep. Michele Bachmann is eager to experiment with social media tools to reach constituents. Already, she has 42,000 fans on Facebook and 18,000 Twitter followers. But if she wants to use Skype, a program that allows users to video-chat for free online, she ... More
  • Art Laffer: Unemployment Benefits Aren't Stimulus
    Jul 8, 2010  - Let's not reduce the incentive to find work. A federal tax holiday is a better way to cut the high jobless rate. By ARTHUR B. LAFFER The current debate over extending and increasing federal unemployment benefits encapsulates the disagreement between the Democrats in power in Washington and their ... More
  • Washington Times: ACORN 8 board refuses to fall far from tarnished group's name
    Jul 4, 2010  - (Source: Kevin Mooney, Washington Times) Even as it considered dropping its tarnished name last year, ACORN threatened a whistleblower group composed of former board members with a trademark lawsuit. Community activists who had held high-ranking ACORN positions have continued, however, to operate ... More
  • CBS News: BP Escrow Fund Shouldn't be Used for Political Purposes
    Jun 17, 2010  - (Source: CBS News) It's a good thing that BP agreed to put $20 billion into an independently-run escrow fund to pay for economic damages from the Gulf oil spill, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said in an interview with CBS Minneapolis station WCCO Wednesday. She added, however, that the next ste... More
  • Purple Heart presented to Forest Lake soldier
    Jun 3, 2010  - (Source: Forest Lake Times) A Purple Heart medal has been presented to Forest Lake resident Command Sgt. Major Lawrence Stenger for wounds suffered while fighting in Afghanistan on July 4, 2007. The medal was presented on Wedneday by Sixth District Congresswoman Michele Bachmann at VFW Post 4... More
  • Vietnam vet receives medal 41 years later
    Jun 1, 2010  - (Source: Woodbury Bulletin) It’s coming up on 41 years since Ron Kane did what he “had to do.” That’s how the Army veteran describes his actions on July 11, 1969 in the A Shau Valley of Vietnam. Others, like the United State military, a U.S. congresswoman and a local veterans group, say his ... More
  • WCCO: Michele Bachmann On Motherhood, Being Foster Mom
    May 9, 2010  - Reporting: Reg Chapman (WCCO) It's a side of Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann people don't usually see. On this Mother's Day, she talks about motherhood. It's a subject she knows well. She's a mother of five and a foster mom to 23. A busy elected official, Cong... More
  • Ways and Means Republicans’ Report: Democrats’ Health Care Bill Contains Massive Expansion of IRS’s Power
    Mar 18, 2010  - Today, Ways and Means Republicans released a new report detailing how the Democrats’ health care bill vastly expands the responsibilities of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and strengthens the heavy hand of the IRS in dealing with taxpayers. “If the Democrats’ health care bill becomes law, the... More
  • Delano to Implement a Flood Protection Plan
    Mar 12, 2010  - The City of Delano, MN is in the process of implementing the flood protection plan given the forecast and levels of the river.  The City anticipates that minor sandbagging activities may be necessary within the next 48 hours.  At this time the City is compiling contact information for volunteers w... More
  • Speaker Pelosi: “We have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it”
    Mar 10, 2010  - The Heritage Foundation's Foundry Blog has a great post and video noting the arrogance of your leaders in Congress, especially when it comes to the takeover of your health care. More