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Reduction of Federal Spending Ideas Well Received by a Senator

By Rick Knobe March 4, 2013

Received a call from Senator John Thune's office last Friday.

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President’s Day Parties

By Rick Knobe February 18, 2013

Today is a holiday! President's Day! We are celebrating the births of George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln. Congress is taking the week off

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The clock is ticking on the so-called "sequestration" budget cuts. The deadline is March 1.
The clock is ticking on the so-called "sequestration" budget cuts. The deadline is March 1.

Clock is Ticking on Sequestration

By Gene Hetland February 15, 2013

The prospect of across-the-board budget cuts, the so-called "sequestration," looms ever closer, and the clock is ticking.

March first is the deadline, and Congress and President Obama don't appear to be rushing toward any kind of agreement

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U.S. Postmaster General Suggests End To Saturday Delivery And Rate Hike

Congress, Not the Internet to Blame for Postal Woes

By John Gossom February 11, 2013

WASHINGTON - By now you have probably heard that the US Postal Service is ending Saturday delivery of first-class mail in order to cut some of its financial losses. What you might not know is that Congress is the cause of most of those losses.

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Congress Goes Down To The Wire On Fiscal Cliff Negotiations

New Filibuster Rules Could Lead to More of the Same Ineffective Congress

By John Gossom January 31, 2013

If you enjoyed the last two years of a historically ineffectual Congress, get ready more of the same.

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2 South Dakota Students Selected for Youth Senate Program

By Associated Press January 17, 2013

SIOUX FALLS - Two South Dakota high school students have been selected to this year's U.S. Senate Youth Program in Washington.

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Congress OKs Cliff Deal, Signaling Future Fights

By Associated Press January 2, 2013

Congress' approval of a compromise averting a prolonged tumble off the fiscal cliff hands a victorious President Barack Obama most of the tax boosts on the rich that he campaigned on.

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Senate Leaders Offer Dour Take on ‘Cliff’ Talks

By Associated Press December 30, 2012

The top Senate negotiators on the effort to prevent the government from going over the "fiscal cliff" offered a pessimistic assessment Sunday barely 24 hours before a deadline to avert tax hikes on virtually every worker.

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Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii Dead at 88

By Tony Wright December 17, 2012

The office of Sen. Daniel Inouye (ih-NOH'-way) says the Medal of Honor recipient and 50-year veteran of the Senate has died of respiratory complications at a Washington-area hospital.

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Obama Hosts Bipartisan Leaders Of Congress To Discuss Economy
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Officials: Obama, Boehner Exchange Proposals

By Associated Press December 11, 2012

At least publicly, there's no hint of progress in efforts to avoid the "fiscal cliff" -- with Republicans demanding that the White House outline specific spending cuts, and the White House saying it's already done so.

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