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Reduction of Federal Spending Ideas Well Received by a Senator

Rick Knobe — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:55:34 +0000

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

President's Day Parties

Rick Knobe — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:27:47 +0000

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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Clock is Ticking on Sequestration

Gene Hetland — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:46:17 +0000

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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Congress, Not the Internet to Blame for Postal Woes

John Gossom — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:56:42 +0000

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

John Gossom — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:24:38 +0000

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

Associated Press — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:42:21 +0000

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

Associated Press — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:34:21 +0000

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

Associated Press — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:33:30 +0000

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

Tony Wright — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 23:16:15 +0000

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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Officials: Obama, Boehner Exchange Proposals

Associated Press — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:32:05 +0000

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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