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Six of Minnesota's eight members of Congress Friday voted for a bill to allow insurance companies to sell policies to anyone who wants them, even if it violates the new Obamacare rules.
Government dysfunction aside, landing or keeping a job in the Washington power structure can be a pricey endeavor. Candidates for the U.S. House and Senate demonstrated that again Tuesday with fundraising reports showing the collective millions they've raised and spent to seek elected office. The reports cover activity from July through September, seed money most will need to remain competitive by the time next fall's elections roll around.
Minnesota government officials say they've activated a special contingency team to assess the potential impact of the federal government's partial shutdown. Minnesota Management and Budget Commissioner Jim Schowalter took the step Tuesday.
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers won't be getting paid for the foreseeable future. That had many of you emailing, wanting to know: Do members of Congress get paid during a government shutdown?
Here's a look at where Minnesota politicians stand in regards to President Obama's plan to strike the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
Democratic Rep. Tim Walz says he's opposed to current proposals for U.S. military strikes in Syria.
Another Republican is seeking the party's nod to run against Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Walz in southern Minnesota's 1st District. Jim Hagedorn announced his candidacy on Wednesday at a farm in Good Thunder. He is the son of former GOP Congressman Tom Hagedorn, and a former legislative staffer and federal employee. He is calling for the repeal of Obamacare.
Minnesota's congressional delegation appears deeply divided by pressure to take military action against Syria. Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen calls the President's request "too broad, too open-ended, too risky" -- so does Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
There appears to be little disagreement about the evidence of Syria's use of chemical weapons, but amongst Minnesota's Congressional delegation - there are major differences over what to do about it. At the Minnesota State Fair, members of Congress were giving all sorts of advice. Democrat Keith Ellison says he supports a limited, tactical military response to chemical warfare.
Aaron Miller is kicking off his campaign Tuesday with events in Rochester and Mankato. Miller lives in the Rochester-area town of Byron, and works as an account manager for a biopharmaceutical firm.
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Congressman Tim Walz are trying to help veterans who shouldn't have been discharged get benefits.
With just days until automatic budget cuts will start slashing 13 percent from federal defense budgets and 9 percent from the rest of the federal government, many viewers are asking if politicians will feel the pain.
Former state lawmaker and longtime Republican activist Allen Quist says wants to return to the Minnesota Legislature.
Minnesota's members of Congress who were elected in November are being sworn in at the U.S. Capitol.
A Minnesota congressman who's a former teacher and gets straight A's from the National Rifle Association says he's "deeply disappointed" with the NRA's proposal for posting armed police officers at every school.
Democratic Rep. Tim Walz has about $789,000 built up for the campaign stretch run.
The parents of a gay Minnesota soldier killed in Afghanistan are leading an effort to defeat the proposed marriage amendment.
Officials including members of Congress are pushing the Bureau of Reclamation's top official to endorse more funding for the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System in South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa.
Former state Rep. Allen Quist made a political comeback Tuesday, beating state Sen. Mike Parry in the Republican primary to challenge U.S. Rep. Tim Walz in southern Minnesota.
People across the state head to the polls on Tuesday to vote in Minnesota's primary election. It's a vital step in the 2012 campaign as the results will decide which match-ups we'll see on the ballot in November.
Republican Mike Parry is running a shoestring primary campaign in southern Minnesota as he lags fellow Republican Allen Quist in fundraising.
President Barack Obama signed the bipartisan Veteran Skills to Jobs Act – introduced partly by a U.S. Representative from Minnesota – into law Monday.
Candidates have begun filing to run for elected positions ranging from the Minnesota Legislature to the U.S. Congress.
Republicans in southern Minnesota's 1st Congressional District will meet again to try to endorse a candidate to take on Democratic incumbent Tim Walz.
Whoever emerges from the Republican Party to face Democratic Rep. Tim Walz will be at a financial disadvantage in Minnesota's 1st Congressional District.
