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"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.

DFL elected officials -- including now Sen. Al Franken -- continue to flock to the campaign of state Sen.

The so-called 'Blue Dog Democrats' have been portrayed as Republicans in disguise who repeatedly obstruct efforts at party unity in the face of Republican intransigence.

The House Agriculture Committee approved legislation regulating over-the-counter derivatives after adopting a provision that may speed agreement on regulation of the $592 trillion industry.

Amounts spent on lobbying this year by some of Minnesotaa TMs leading companies in the medical industry.

Industry representatives say the legislation that cleared the House Agriculture Committee Oct.

The House Financial Services Committee voted on Thursday to create an agency to protect consumers from predatory lending, deceptive credit card terms and other abuses.

The House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday afternoon approved legislation that would impose new oversight regulations for the $592 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market, which is widely blamed for contributing to the financial crisis.

Legislation to regulate for the first time globally traded derivatives, the complex instruments that helped touch off the financial crisis, moved closer to House enactment Wednesday.

The race for the District 21A House seat could be an interesting one as Rep. Marty Seifert, R-Marshall, announced last week he won't seek another term.