April 29, 2005 - Congress Approves $2.6 Trillion Budget By Richard Cowan
"The U.S. Congress on Thursday approved a $2.6 trillion budget plan for next year that calls for new tax cuts and spending reductions over the next five years. Republicans in the House of Representatives and Senate pushed through the budget blueprint without the support of a single Democrat..."
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April 27, 2005 - Paul Krugman: GOP thinks all is well by ignoring Joe Public
"According to John Snow, the Treasury secretary, the global economy is in a 'sweet spot.' Conservative pundits close to the administration talk, without irony, about a 'Bush boom.' Yet two-thirds of Americans polled by Gallup say that the economy is "only fair" or "poor." And only 33 percent of those polled believe the economy is improving, while 59 percent think it's getting worse..."
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April 27, 2005 - Data kept out of terror report shows 'dramatic uptick' in attacks: lawmaker
"Data withheld from an annual report on terrorism issued by the US State Department shows a sharp increase in the number of attacks last year in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and elsewhere, a leading Democratic lawmaker charged..."
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April 26, 2005 - Editorial: Keep amendments off agenda
"Procrastination isn't all bad. When it's applied to the constitutional amendment proposals floating around the Minnesota Legislature, it's even advisable..."
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April 26, 2005 - Poll: Most Americans Oppose Filibuster Rule Change
"A strong majority of Americans oppose changing U.S. Senate rules to make it easier for Republicans to confirm President Bush's judicial nominees, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll published on Tuesday..."
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April 25, 2005 - Campaign finance subsidies under attack
"Proposals by Gov. Tim Pawlenty to drain much of the money from Minnesota's campaign finance subsidies are moving through the Minnesota House and might be on the table for final budget negotiations..."
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April 24, 2005 - Editorial: DeLay's ethics/Subverting House rules
"As the sleazy practices of Rep. Tom DeLay have unfolded on the nation's front pages in recent weeks, it's been tempting to take a seat in the gallery and leave ethical judgments to those at center stage..."
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April 24, 2005 - Editorial: Nuking the filibuster/GOP arguments fail smell test
"As the Republicans in the U.S. Senate consider invoking the "nuclear option" of prohibiting filibusters on judicial candidates, a bit of Senate history might be in order. It shows that the arguments being marshaled against the filibuster are sheer sophistry..."
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April 22, 2005 - Balanced energy bill would be best Earth-Day gift for the U.S.
"Coincident to our late spring here at 45 degrees north latitude, Earth Day's fixed timing on April 22 arrives with the chartreuse leafing-out, the full-throated sounds of frogs in the rain-logged marsh ponds and the winds across the prairie turning the turbines in Lake Benton..."
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April 21, 2005 - John Gunyou: In politics, some reject the truth; others just ignore it
"Tax committee chairmen really should know how to add. Long division might be unreasonable to expect, but addition and subtraction are pretty fundamental to financial management..."
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April 21, 2005 - Economic Worries Aren't Resonating on Hill
"Inflation and interest rates are rising, stock values have plunged, a tank of gas induces sticker shock, and for nearly a year, wages have failed to keep up with the cost of living..."
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April 20, 2005 - Editorial: Raw deal/The House plays a bad hand
"Everyone knew that Republicans in the Minnesota House would have to reach new heights of creativity this year if they planned to hold the line on taxes, erase the state's projected budget deficit and still increase spending on their suburban political base. This week their solution emerged and it isn't just creative -- it should offend anyone who believes in principled budgeting and economic fair play..."
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April 16, 2005 - Editorial: Huh?/Estate tax repeal is dumb move
"This is a logic test. We failed it..."
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April 15, 2005 - Editorial: Tax day/You get what you pay for
"Here's a delicious irony for April 15: The Internal Revenue Service said last week that it plans to close 105 taxpayer assistance centers -- created by Congress to make the IRS more customer-friendly -- because the government isn't bringing in enough revenue to keep them open..."
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April 15, 2005 - Steve Berg: Think of the public money to be made from vices
"Why stop at gambling? It's a question I've been chewing on ever since the Republicans decided that more casinos, not more taxes, are the best way to replenish the state's starving schools, police forces and other government functions..."
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April 15, 2005 - C. Ford Runge: Bachmann's assault on Constitution
"For a lawyer and a legislator running for Congress in Minnesota's Sixth District, State Sen. Michele Bachmann has some unusual views..."
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April 15, 2005 - House GOP Kills Dems' Latest Ethics Move
"House Republicans brushed aside the Democrats' latest attempt to rewrite ethics rules on Thursday, one day after a closed-door discussion that touched on the perils of political arrogance..."
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April 15, 2005 - Medicaid Cuts Rankle Some Republicans
"A group of House Republicans is balking at a Bush administration proposal that would squeeze $20 billion out of the Medicaid program over the next five years. It's the third budget cut proposed by President Bush that has rankled more than a few members of his own party..."
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April 14, 2005 - Reality Check: Realtors' Tax Ad
"With talk of budgets and spending at the Capitol, it seems everyone has a different take on taxes..."
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April 08, 2005 - Fight awaits minimum-wage hike
"House Democrats pushed a minimum-wage increase through a Republican-controlled committee Wednesday night, clearing a major hurdle toward what would be Minnesota's first increase since 1997..."
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April 08, 2005 - Don't let Senate conservatives wage war on an independent judiciary
"Events of the last few weeks have made it clear that increasingly brazen forces want to put the American judiciary in their pockets..."
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April 5, 2005 - Editorial: Out of balance/House asks the poor to pay
"Having passed four big tax cuts in four years, President Bush and members of Congress are waking up to the unpleasant prospect of federal deficits as far as the experts can project. Drafting a budget outline for next year, Republican leaders in the House have hit on a simple solution: Make poor people pay..."
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April 3, 2005 - Arne H. Carlson: The state's revenue problem
"Regardless of political persuasion, we want our governor and legislature to truly succeed because their success translates not only into our success but, more important, success for our children..."
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April 1, 2005 - Doubts on Weapons Were Dismissed
"...Up until the days before U.S. troops entered Iraqi territory that March, the intelligence community was inundated with evidence that undermined virtually all charges it had made against Iraq, the report said..."
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