Tim Walz

MN for Marriage decries event where crossdresser said 'Senjem' "sounds like a venereal disease" [UPDATE]

Yesterday, Minnesota for Marriage's Andy Parrish spent the better part of his afternoon promising to drop a "bombshell" on Minnesotans for All Families.SEE ALSO: MN for Marriage doesn't fire Rev. Brad Brandon after repeated Vote No-Nazi comparisons [VIDEO]It took a day, but we now know what he was t ... More >>

Rep. Chip Cravaack says guns in the audience would've prevented Aurora shootings [VIDEO]

For the second time in a week, a local Republican offered up a head-scratcher of a response when asked about gun control by debate moderator Gary Eichten.SEE ALSO:-- WCCO scrubs attack ad against Chip Cravaack [VIDEO]-- Chip Cravaack: Taxpayers are paying more than $1,000 a month for his 2011 Chevy ... More >>

The 10 Most Corrupt Tax Loopholes

If Mitt Romney won't tell you which ones need to be closed, we will

Allen Quist blames Accent Signage shooting on "deterioration of the family" [VIDEO]

In 2010, Andrew Engeldinger's parents voluntarily enrolled in a 12-week class for families of the mentally ill. During the nearly two years before their son fatally shot five people after being fired from his job at Accent Signage, Engeldinger's parents repeatedly reached out to him in hopes he'd se ... More >>

Allen Quist directly contradicts himself on gay marriage, is called on it, refuses to clarify

The epic MNGOP primary showdown between Mike Parry and Allen Quist entertained us all summer long. Now, for an encore, we bring you Quist's first serious gaffe of his campaign against Rep. Tim Walz.

Mike Parry polling behind "Neither" two weeks before 1st District GOP primary

SEE ALSO:-- Allen Quist under renewed fire for 'men are genetically predisposed to lead family' remark-- Arne Carlson on GOP U.S. House candidate Allen Quist: He's "really bizarre"-- Mike Parry, U.S. House candidate, suggests he'd keep troops deployed until economy improves-- Mike Parry's tweet scru ... More >>

Mike Parry and Allen Quist battle it out for 23 ballots, neither wins GOP endorsement

The GOP's First District convention was one for the record books. It started Saturday afternoon in North Mankato's Kato Ballroom and ended just before 2 a.m. Sunday, when ballroom manager Larry Bowers said he had to kick the Republicans out lest the Ballroom lose its liquor license.After 14 hours an ... More >>

Mike Parry, U.S. House candidate, suggests he'd keep troops deployed until economy improves

When is the right time to bring American troops home from Afghanistan? Whatever you think the answer is, you probably believe it has little to do with how the domestic job market is faring -- unless you're Mike Parry.Minnesota Senator Parry, R-Waseca, is running against former state representative A ... More >>

Tim Walz's STOCK Act approved by House, Senate

Walz's STOCK Act was a bipartisan hit, but House GOPers stripped out a key provision.​Today, the U.S. House followed the Senate and passed a Congressional insider trading ban originally introduced by Mankato Democrat Tim Walz.The so-called STOCK Act proved extremely popular in both the chambers, w ... More >>

John Kline confuses constituents, goes off-message in saying there's no need for Congress insider trading ban [VIDEO]

​In response to a question about Tim Walz's bill that would ban insider trading by members of Congress, U.S. Rep John Kline, R-Lakeville, adamantly told his constituents during a Monday town hall event in Shakopee that insider trading "is just as illegal for me as it is for anybody in this room."T ... More >>

Tim Walz's proposed ban on Congress insider trading advancing quickly [VIDEO]

​Tim Walz's bill to ban federal lawmakers from using inside information when managing their own financial portfolios is getting fast-tracked through Congress.On Monday, by an overwhelming vote of 93-2, the Senate agreed to proceed with debate on the so-called STOCK act. The companion bill in the H ... More >>

Tim Walz one of 20 most vulnerable incumbents, Democrats say

Representative Tim Walz is vulnerable to a Republican challenge in his fall re-election campaign, according to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. That much seemed obvious to Minnesota Republicans earlier this year: party power broker Michael Brodkorb left the state GOP to work for sta ... More >>

Minnesota reps split on debt ceiling; Bachmann, Ellison both vote against

Bachmann, Ellison: Debt makes for strange bedfellows.​Finally, Michele Bachmann and Keith Ellison have something in common. Yesterday's U.S. House vote to raise the debt ceiling and make $2 trillion in spending cuts passed the U.S. House 269-161, but Minnesota's most conservative and most liberal ... More >>

Republican House redistricting map means more safe seats, "isn't about politics"

Rep. Sarah Anderson: It's not about politics. Seriously. It isn't.​Few people seriously believe Republican Rep. Sarah Anderson when she insists that the GOP's congressional redistricting plan "isn't about politics." The Republicans' proposed map unveiled in St. Paul yesterday is clearly redra ... More >>

Al Franken issues hot dish challenge to Minnesota politicians

Politics makes strange kitchen mates. Who won Minnesota' congressional hot dish cook-off?​Politics in Washington can be pretty polarized these days, but among Minnesota's congressional delegation yesterday, it wasn't rhetoric that was heated, it was casserole. In the new and no doubt temporary s ... More >>

New nukes for Minnesota?

TVAMonty Burns is looking to expand his operation.​For a while there, Minnesota was vying to take the lead in pioneering the use of renewable energy. This week, the new Republican legislature will try to push is in a different direction: building more nuclear plants.Minnesota already has two nucle ... More >>

DADT passes House with help from Walz, Ellison, McCollum and Oberstar

Tim Walz speaks out in favor of repealing DADT.​The repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has passed the U.S. House of Representatives. Gay folk are one step closer to being able to serve their country in the military openly. Minnesota Democrats Keith Ellison, Betty McCollum, Jim Oberstar and Tim ... More >>

Jim Oberstar loses to Chip Cravaack in CD8

The race up north.​By the time we cut out early this morning, the Republicans were on their way to historic sweep in the House of Representatives, tossing out Democrats by the fistful. But  as the dust settled in seven out of the eight Minnesota congressional races, exactly nothing changed. ... More >>

Michele Bachmann was for the stimulus while she was against it

Bachmann: Saddling our kids with the fedeal debt is OK when she does it.​Remember the Fox News gabfests, the D.C. rallies and the campaign ads where Michele Bachmann brags about voting against President Barack Obama's stimulus bill? Too much federal spending, she says. Turns out she had her h ... More >>

John Kline and Erik Paulsen turn up noses at Michele Bachmann's tea

Bachmann hasn't yet convinced Kline and Paulsen to drink the tea ​Tea for thee? As of 9:30 a.m. today, no other member of the House of Representatives from Minnesota has signed on as a member Michele Bachmann's Tea Party Caucus, the official "receptacle" of people pissed off that democratic e ... More >>

Bachmann slams Obama on BP, so we follow the money

Photo: USCG/FlickrDeepwater Horizon's fiery demise​Rep. Michele Bachmann got her crazy on again this week, lobbing a factually-challenged verbal assault on the president for persuading BP to establish a $20 billion independent escrow account to administer claims against the oil giant for its d ... More >>

Al Franken taps SNL's Seth Meyers for Minneapolis fundraising gig

The event, at the Carlyle condominium comlplex, will benefit Franken's Midwest Values Political Action Committee. Tickets are $50.

Collin Peterson rejects real changes to massive government farm subsidy program

The program that sent $250,000 to Michele Bachmann's family farm appears bullet proof.

Are Bachmann, Quist peas in a pod?

How close is Allen Quist to Michele Bachmann? Pretty close, according to Til Walz.

Bachmann announces another town hall meeting for slitting wrists

If you haven't slit your wrists and become blood brothers in the fight against health care reform, Rep. Michele Bachmann is giving you another chance to do so.

Hold Gitmo detainees in Minnesota? Two state Dems disagree

Earlier this week, Rep. Tim Walz of Minnesota said he would be open to housing some of the detainees in Minnesota in some of our high-level detention facilities. Sen. Amy Klobuchar disagrees.

RNC 8 not terroists; candy cigs up in smoke

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Minnesota's U.S. House earmark requests available online

All Minnesota U.S. House members posted their requests on their site, except Rep. Michele Bachmann, according to watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense. She is one of 71 members who has yet to post the data on their site.

Minnesota happiness, by Congressional district

Ever wondered how happy you and your neighbors are compared to the rest of the state and country?

Bachmann brings the heat with rap slang, yo

Congresswoman tells RNC chairman he "be da man!"

National Journal: McCollum has most liberal voting record of 2008

How did the others in the Minnesota delegation stack up?

How Minnesota voted: House stimulus package revised

The U.S. House passed the revised $787 billion stimulus package today with a 246-183 vote.

How Minnesota voted: House stimulus package

The U.S. House passed their version of the $819 billion stimulus bill 244-188 on Wednesday. The bill passed without a single Republican vote.

Walz won't run for Minn. governor, so who will?

Besides Obama, Minn. Democrats didn't make any strides

Bachmann afternoon update: She's still crazy, Tinklenberg loves it

U.S. House passes bailout plan on second try

Bailout package: How the Minnesota delegation voted

Should students stand for Pledge of Allegiance?

A school board in western Minnesota is split

Déjà Tutu

When international outcry follows City Pages' revelation, the University of St. Thomas backs down

Iraq War veteran challenges Kline

Stool Pigeons

Did the feces of feathered fiends cause the I-35W bridge collapse?

Congressman Walz raises concerns about funding for VA medical care

Walz emerging as Democratic Leader on Iraq War

Odds and ends: Hatch fumes, Kiffie cries, and we will still have Alan Fine to kick around

Dept. of thanks, but no thanks

Movin' on up

The "Liberal" Strib Strikes Again

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The Republican Nightmare

Meet the top enlisted soldier—and top lunchroom monitor—who's battling to dislodge Gil Gutknecht