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Rep. Michele Bachmann, chair of the Tea Party Caucus speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, May 16, 2013, during a news conference with tea party leaders to discuss the IRS targeting tea party groups.

Betty McCollum and Rep. Tim Walz are two of 21 House members who have sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requesting the group's review of Geographic Practice Cost Indices be "transparent and prove that GCPI calculations are supported by timely and accurate data." McCollum and Walz joined 12 other Democrats and seven ... (more)

Paul Union Depot. Where are the newsletters telling us about the three abuses of government power that are now on the front page: It is time to get the government bureaucracy and size of government under control by throwing out the current incumbents and get someone who is responsible to the governed.

A drew this map in the hope that it would give Democrats a 7-1 majority. I don't believe Democrats would have any problem splitting Minneapolis.

OBAMA BACK ON OBAMACARE OFFENSE The president is championing his namesake law again, vigorously defending it at a White House event for women on Friday and urging Americans not to be "bamboozled" by what he described as misinformation from opponents.

Election filings do not open for months, but the list of likely candidates for the Ward 1 seat on the St.

The U.S. Senate on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill that lets states make online merchants collect sales taxes on out-of-state purchases made by their residents.

Minnesota Senator Al Franken on Friday released a book featuring the recipes of the third annual Hotdish Off.

"Our country faces an inequality crisis," US Rep. Jan Schakowsky , said. "We need increased revenue to eliminate the sequester," she continued.

On Thursday, House Democrats proposed a new bill that would create a minimum 45 percent tax rate on income more than $1 million, and a rate of 49 percent on income more than $1 billion.

The Senate moved closer to passage, but the outlook is less clear in the House. Retail giants such as Minnesota-based Target and Best Buy have spent millions of dollars over the past decade lobbying for the tax.

Congresswoman Betty McCollum , who represents Oakdale in the U.S. House , responded to the news that law enforcement captured Boston bombings suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev.