KSOO-AM 1140 - Live, Local and Breaking News from Sioux Falls, South Dakota » U.S. Senate http://ksoo.com The Talk of Sioux Falls Fri, 24 May 2013 18:53:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Baby Step Progress By Congress On Funding the Government http://ksoo.com/baby-step-progress-by-congress-on-funding-the-government/ http://ksoo.com/baby-step-progress-by-congress-on-funding-the-government/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 01:12:50 +0000 Rick Knobe http://ksoo.com/?p=76086 The United States Senate voted Monday, March 18th, to move forward with a bipartisan funding bill.

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]]> http://ksoo.com/baby-step-progress-by-congress-on-funding-the-government/feed/ 0 (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) A Hope the Canary Might Sing Loudly Again http://ksoo.com/a-hope-the-canary-might-sing-loudly-again/ http://ksoo.com/a-hope-the-canary-might-sing-loudly-again/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:03:02 +0000 Rick Knobe http://ksoo.com/?p=50201 No Labels, A national grassroots movement of hundreds of thousands of Republicans, Democrats and independents dedicated to a new politics of problem solving, is hosting its Meeting to Make America Work!,

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]]> http://ksoo.com/a-hope-the-canary-might-sing-loudly-again/feed/ 0 (Photo by Laister/Express/Getty Images) McGovern Honored By Senate Colleages http://ksoo.com/mcgovern-honored-by-senate-colleages/ http://ksoo.com/mcgovern-honored-by-senate-colleages/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:21:17 +0000 Dan Peters http://ksoo.com/?p=37612 A resolution honoring the life of former U.S. Senator and three-time presidential candidate George McGovern has unanimously passed the Senate.

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]]> http://ksoo.com/mcgovern-honored-by-senate-colleages/feed/ 0 (Photo credit should read TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images) One More George McGovern Memory (or Two) http://ksoo.com/one-more-george-mcgovern-memory-or-two/ http://ksoo.com/one-more-george-mcgovern-memory-or-two/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:43:23 +0000 Gene Hetland http://ksoo.com/?p=26353 A lot has been said and is being said about former Senator George McGovern in the aftermath of his death, and I've thought of a couple of things I haven't passed along.

In his 1980 campaign for re-election, the one he lost to Republican Jim Abdnor, George McGovern was the reason Peter, Paul and Mary came to Sioux Falls to play a concert

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]]> http://ksoo.com/one-more-george-mcgovern-memory-or-two/feed/ 0 Photo by Getty Images Back to Work for Congress http://ksoo.com/back-to-work-for-congress/ http://ksoo.com/back-to-work-for-congress/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:50:16 +0000 Gene Hetland http://ksoo.com/?p=13008 They have a lot on their plates.

Senators and Representatives in Congress went back to work on Monday, after their August recess and before the November elections.

It's too early for anybody to call them "lame-ducks," but we probably get the feeling that the American people will be calling them a lot of things if they don't get something done

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]]> http://ksoo.com/back-to-work-for-congress/feed/ 0 Congress gets back to work after a five-week break, and Senators and Representatives have a lot to do between now and the November elections.