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What Republicans Don’t Seem to Realize About VAWA.

Tuesday, February 19th, 2013

In the U.S., 1 in 4 women are victims of domestic violence at some point in their lives. Every day, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or …

Michele Bachmann + Erik Paulsen = Congressional Soulmates!

Thursday, February 14th, 2013

Imagine if Members of Congress did E-Harmony profiles or those old school computerized match games we did back in junior high. What if they were matched on a series of …

Hungry kids can’t learn.

Tuesday, February 12th, 2013

This afternoon the Senate Education Committee considered two bills – SB 146 and SB 38 – in hopes of expanding Minnesota’s free lunch program to 61,500 students. “We can all …

Paulsen says one thing to national media, the opposite to Minnesota.

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

The latest saga in Rep. Erik Paulsen’s “Will He or Won’t He?” PR blunder run for U.S. Senate in 2014 continued to play itself out yesterday. One thing has become …

Mary Franson: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

Mary Franson is certainly no stranger to controversial statements and public blunders. Remember last year? When she compared feeding food stamp recipients to feeding wild animals? Well, she’s …

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is NOT Frivolous, Rep. Erik Paulsen.

Tuesday, January 29th, 2013

Can you believe that there are still folks out there who think equal pay for equal work is “frivolous”? Four years ago today, President Obama signed his first bill into …

This Week on Twitter.

Friday, January 11th, 2013

It can be difficult to follow the action at the state capitol, so we’re going to wade through all of the mess on #mnleg and take you through a week …

Paulsen announces ‘ridiculous’ bid for U.S. Senate.

Thursday, January 3rd, 2013

Did you miss Rep. Erik Paulsen’s ‘ridiculous’ announcement for the U.S. Senate yesterday? We don’t blame you. Rep. Paulsen’s office walked it back so fast, not even MJ’s moonwalk could …