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U.S. Rep Collin Peterson's vote in the House against health care reform was unusual in that his district has a high rate of uninsured.

The effort to impose new restrictions on the financial system falls short of true reform if there's a gigantic loophole for foreign exchange derivatives, Sen.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks about healthcare reform legislation during a news conference at the Capitol on Thursday.

President Barack Obama handed the U.S. Congress a road map for an overhaul of financial-services regulation in June, including greater oversight of derivatives and system-wide risks, new ways to wind down failed companies and a consumer agency to regulate credit cards and mortgages.

The "Blue Dog" Democrats, 44 'fiscally conservative' congresspersons, did not acquit themselves well in this year, says the Heritage Foundation, via Stephen Moore : On three votes that would massively expand the size of government -- the stimulus plan, cap and trade, and health care reform -- Blue Dogs mostly were AWOL.

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Sens. Amy Klobuchar, left, and Al Franken, right, say there's a lot more work to be done on the health care legislation in Congress.

Adding a bit more data to food system reformers' arguments, a new study led by Germany's prestigious Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research takes on the question of whether we can "feed the world" while preserving the planet come 2050.

Some Minnesota lawmakers who supported the House reform bill said a key reason they voted for it was because it includes a provision for dealing with Medicarea s geographic disparities issue.

"Many millions of Americans have their health insurance handsomely subsidized by the federal government through the tax exclusion on the read more employer-paid portion of premiums." Liberals think that eliminating tax burdens on dollars used for legitimate business expenses like health care for their employees is a federal subsidy.

Millions more women may be subject to abortion restrictions. Last update: November 10, 2009 - 6:36 PM HOW THEY VOTED Five of Minnesota's congressional representatives voted for the Stupak amendment: Democrats James Oberstar and Collin Peterson, as well as Republicans Michele Bachmann, John Kline and Erik Paulsen.

The House voted yesterday and the anti-women's health Stupak amendment passed 240 to 194 with one member voting present.

Of course, the big news this weekend was the House of Representatives passing a health care reform bill , the details of which seem to be the subject of much debate and confusion .

Handing President Obama a hard-fought victory, the House narrowly approved a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system on Saturday night, advancing legislation that the Democrats said could be their defining social policy achievement.

The U.S. House approved a 1,990-page health care reform bill late Saturday night on a 220-to-215 vote.

With just hours remaining until an historic vote on a sweeping health-care reform measure Saturday evening, at least 34 Democrats have said they will vote against the bill as of 8:45 p.m., according to a POLITICO analysis.

Friday, November 06, 2009 From http://lifenews.com/nat5623.html Pro-Abortion MoveOn to Challenge Pro-Life Democrats Voting No on Health Care by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor November 6, 2009 addthis_pub = 'sertelt'; Email RSS Print Washington, DC -- The pro-abortion grassroots activist group MoveOn says it has raised millions of dollars to take ...

A big thank you should go to Collin Peterson for taking a skeptical eye to the 1,900 page Socialized Health Care bill.

One of St. Cloud resident Al Loehr's most vivid memories of his service in the U.S. Navy is from shortly after the end of World War II.

Even a fleet of bulldozers wasn't enough to ram through a deal last week on a long-term highway bill sought by Minnesota Democrat Jim Oberstar , chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.