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The medical technology industry would face a $20 billion tax over 10 years on many of its products under provisions of health care legislation passed Saturday by the U.S. House of Representatives.

Unions in Minnesota and across the country are praising U.S. House passage of historic health reform that will expand coverage and cut costs.

As Washington reels from the news of 10.2 percent unemployment, the Center for Responsive Politics is out with a new report describing the wealth of members of Congress.

Joe Biden, a strong supporter of law enforcement, is a great advocate to have in the White House.

Rep. Erik Paulsen, R-Minn., expressed his opposition Tuesday to the possibility that Guantanamo Bay detainees may receive H1N1 vaccinations.

Interested in reading the 1,990-page health care reform bill that the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled last week? Well, if you're in the 3rd District, you can access a physical copy of the legislation at the following three locations: Southdale Library , Ridgedale Library , and Brookdale Library .

The House Financial Services Committee has approved a bill that would create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency.

Congressman Erik Paulsen authored an amendment passed in the U.S. House of Representatives to help medical technology startups.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's is set to rake in the bucks for his Freedom First PAC in the coming weeks.

Members of the insurance industry are applauding an amendment to the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 that eliminates a section that would have given the agency oversight of some insurance products.

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

Gov. Tim Pawlenty's first big fundraiser for his newly formed political action committee got off to a rollicking start tonight at a popular D.C. bar, with more than 500 people paying $25 to $50 to meet the Republican from Minnesota.

Young congressional staffers could get into Gov. Tim Pawlenty's "pretzels and pints" fundraiser at the Capital City Brewing Company Thursday for as little as $25. But a ticket to a more elegant dinner in the red brick Capitol Hill townhouse of Republican operatives John Milne and Deb Anderson was a heftier $5,000. Sweeping through the back-to-back ...

The American Land Title Association commends Congress on the passage of an amendment that clarifies the oversight of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency over the title insurance industry.

Rep. Erik Paulsen and Robert Kieval, founder of Brooklyn Park medical device maker CVRx, argued against stipulations of federal health care legislation that would compel such companies to give up portions of their sales to help fund the bill.

It's the type of quote political reporters don't often hear at congressional field hearing, but it's one that got their attention.

Share + Oct 19, 2009 6:22 pm US/Central Reporting Pat Kessler Minnesota's medical device industry is raising the alarm about a new health care tax it says will cripple the state's 'Medical Alley,' making it harder for consumers to buy life-saving products.

Republicans and Democrats in Minnesota finally found something on which most of them agree.

The national unemployment rate in the United States recently hit a 26-year high of 9.8 percent.

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.