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		<title>News, Events &#38; Opinions for and by Minnesota Seniors &#187; Politics</title>
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		<title>&gt;Budget Tensions &#8211; Governor vs House</title>
		<link>http://dflseniors.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/budget-tensions-governor-vs-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House speaker discussed legislative leaders’ ‘tense’ first
meeting with the governor on budget solutions, and also previewed next
week’s legislative activity.
Click here
Published 3/27/2009
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		<title>IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR SENIORS</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dflseniors</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MN Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Special Notices!!

&#62;&#62;Senior Caucus Gala Event, Nov. 15
Click here for more information
 
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1.  Latest Newsletter &#8211; press here.

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2. Senior Caucus Calendar   click to go to calendar page
3. Senior Caucus Brochure  SrCaucus Brochure
4.  Plan D Information 2010 Click on Caucus Materials page and scroll down
5. The door to the White House is now open.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dflseniors.wordpress.com&blog=3601872&post=589&subd=dflseniors&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&gt;What did Legislators learn at the Listening Sessions?</title>
		<link>http://dflseniors.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/what-did-legislators-learn-at-the-listening-sessions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[House DFL leaders called the 23 town hall meetings held  around the state a success in public problem solving, and said Minnesotans  appear keenly aware of the deficit government has gotten itself into. 
Unfortunately, that hole is expected to get deeper when the  February Forecast is released on March 3.

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		<title>&gt;Minnesota&#8217;s Michele Bachmann Tells Michael Steele: &#8220;You Be Da Man!&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Huffington Post article


Minnesota&#8217;s &#8220;loose-cannon&#8221; is at it again &#8211; back in October she said Barack Obama is Anti-American and called for an investigation of Members Of Congress “To Find Out If They Are Pro-America Or Anti-America.” Now&#8230;.

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		<title>&gt;Something to think about &#8211; Lobbyists Line Up to Torpedo Speech Proposals</title>
		<link>http://dflseniors.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/something-to-think-about-lobbyists-line-up-to-torpedo-speech-proposals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Industries from health care to agribusiness to mining that stand to lose under President Barack Obama&#8217;s policy agenda are ramping up lobbying campaigns to derail or modify his plans.&#8221;
Read this article
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123561083268377547.html
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		<title>&gt;Amy Klobuchar &#8211; Banks that had a brain</title>
		<link>http://dflseniors.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/amy-klobuchar-banks-that-had-a-brain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Banks That Had a Brain&#8230; by Amy Klobuchar in Feb. 24 Washington Post.
I come from a state with many sound, responsible banks. To borrow from our unofficial poet laureate, Garrison Keillor, Minnesota is a place where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking and all the bankers are above average.

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		<title>&gt;Senator Amy Klobuchar on Stimulus Legislation</title>
		<link>http://dflseniors.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/senator-amy-klobuchar-on-stimulus-legislation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read a letter from Senator Amy Klobuchar on the Stimulus Legislation
Click here &#62;  amy090217
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		<title>&gt;GOP Governors support Obama &#8211; Pawlenty missing!</title>
		<link>http://dflseniors.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/gop-governors-support-obama-pawlenty-missing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama must wish governors could vote in Congress: While just three of the 219 Republican lawmakers backed the $787 billion economic recovery plan&#8230; 22  Republican state executives publicly support the plan.  Unfortunately for Minnesotans, Governor Pawlenty is not among them.
These governors reflect the two faces of the Republican Party.  Leaderless after losing the White [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dflseniors.wordpress.com&blog=3601872&post=849&subd=dflseniors&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&gt;Obama-Eternal optimist; but not a sap</title>
		<link>http://dflseniors.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/obama-eternal-optimist-but-not-a-sap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8230;Obama&#8230;  flexible about tactics and unwavering in his goals. He signaled that he&#8217;s open to consultation, compromise and readjusting his course to build inclusive coalitions, but fixed on the results he intends to produce. &#8220;My bottom line is not how pretty the process was,&#8221; he said, looking back at the congressional fight over his economic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dflseniors.wordpress.com&blog=3601872&post=829&subd=dflseniors&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&gt;Stimulus Passes &#8211; MN share $9.1 billion</title>
		<link>http://dflseniors.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/stimulus-bill-passes-minnesotas-gets-about-91-billion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feb. 14.  The entire Minnesota DFL delegation , except Collin Peterson, CD-7, voted for the economic stimulus package yesterday. Peterson voted with the three Republicans who all voted against the economic improvements promised by the bill.  Minnesota&#8217;s share will be about $9.1 billion.  The package is expected to translate into 66,000 to 92,000 jobs for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dflseniors.wordpress.com&blog=3601872&post=778&subd=dflseniors&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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