Collin Peterson News Archives

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.

WASHINGTON, D.C.A a ' Eric Ostermeier at Smart Politics dissects the third-quarter campaign finance reports for Minnesotaa TMs House delegation and finds that Reps.

The Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition is celebrating 28 years of advocating for trade agreements that strengthen workers and communities around the world and says the time has never been better to build a just vision for the global economy.

Two congressional committees in charge of drafting legislation to regulate derivatives have quietly killed a provision that would allow the Federal Reserve to police the complicated financial transactions.

One year ahead of the 2010 congressional elections, Minnesota Republicans Michele Bachmann and Erik Paulsen -- both targeted as vulnerable by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee -- are setting the pace for fundraising in the state.

The House Financial Services Committee approved a bill 43 to 26 on Thursday designed to regulate derivatives after last minute additions that will cut into industry profits on such contracts.

As you might expect, arriving in Washington D.C. with over 4,000 postcards signed by Minnesota Farm Bureau members gets attention.

AT&T Inc. renewed criticism of Google Inc. 's Voice phone service in another letter to federal regulators Wednesday that said the company blocks calls to far more than adult sex lines and expensive teleconference providers.

When Democrats attached a controversial hate-crime measure to a the defense appropriations bill last week, some representatives, including Minnesota's John Kline, suggested that it would make it a federal crime to give a sermon denouncing homosexuality.

In 2008, Minnesota pork farmers were shelling out $18 more in feed and other production expenses than they were earning for each pig brought to market.

House Democrats offered new proposals to regulate the $592 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market after Obama administration officials said an earlier plan left loopholes.

The greenosphere is all abuzz with the news that a few Republican Senators, led by Lindsey Graham , have signaled that they're open to coming around on the climate bill if certain conditions are met.

Here's how Minnesota members of Congress voted in the week ending Oct. 2. ENERGY, WATER APPROPRIATIONS: Voting 308 for and 114 against, the House on Oct.

Sen. Tom Harkin has backed off efforts to block EPA from weighing contested ethanol emissions after Administrator Lisa Jackson pledged that biofuels rules will reflect uncertainty around international indirect land-use change emissions, according to a Greenwire report.