D.C. Memo: American fescue plan
Getting closer to funding U.S. defense in 2022, Rep. Pete Stauber has a challenger and Rep. Dean Phillips channels his inner grumpy old man.
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There’s big money for water quality issues in the federal infrastructure bill. What that means for Minnesota.
One thing it won’t do: rid the state of all lead service lines, a stated goal of President Joe Biden.
D.C. Memo: POTUS up north
Biden visited the North Star state, Omar got wrapped up in more far-right harassment and Smith introduced a bill that could help save lives.
What Congress needs to get done before 2021 comes to an end
Congress is scheduled to go back on recess on December 10.
After Texas’ abortion ban, some groups have seen increased demand for abortions in Minnesota
If the Supreme Court decides to overturn Roe v. Wade, Minnesota will be one of the only states in the region with access to legal abortion.
D.C. Memo: Build Back Butter
Biden approval rating tanks, Rep. Angie Craig’s midterm opponent faces some controversy and butter gets a big day in Congress.
Why Republican campaigns in the Second and Third Congressional Districts may look a lot like Glenn Youngkin’s 2021 campaign for Virginia governor
Youngkin distanced himself from Trump, while appealing to voters’ fear and anger over education issues.
D.C. Memo: The last infrastructure Memo🤞
Plus: explaining the origin of “Let’s go Brandon,” Republicans on inflation and Minnesota Reps. introduce Veterans Day legislation.
What Minnesota is getting from the new federal infrastructure bill
Overall, Minnesota is in line for $6.8 billion in funding.
D.C. Memo: Virginia blame game
A win for Rep. Angie Craig in the Build Back Better Act, the GOP’s caravan anxieties and Sen. Amy Klobuchar on gun mods.
D.C. Memo: Deal with it
Biden announces a new compromise reconciliation framework, Facebook’s algorithms get exposed and a rally for Supreme Court reform.
What’s been lost in the fight between Ilhan Omar (and other progressives) and the Biden administration on student loan forgiveness
Even if Biden did what progressives are calling for, experts say it would do little to change the larger structural issues with post-secondary education in the U.S.
D.C. Memo: Rage against the Manchin
Smith’s climate plan gets shot down, Klobuchar’s voting rights bill filibustered and Craig celebrates waterskiing.
The Biden administration’s mining study and the future of Twin Metals, explained
On Wednesday, the Biden administration announced it will seek a “mineral withdrawal” for lands in the Rainy River watershed in Superior National Forest, near the Boundary Waters.
With a Democratic administration in place, could the federal government’s study of mining in northern Minnesota finally be released?
The study, begun in the final days of the Obama administration, was canceled by former President Donald Trump just four months shy of its completion.
D.C. Memo: More than a ceiling
Democrats raised the debt limit, DHS announced opening of the northern border and Rep. Tom Emmer urged Americans to learn to code.
How Klobuchar’s Freedom to Vote Act proposes to end partisan gerrymandering
The bill sets out standards for determining whether a redistricting plan unfairly favors one party, and clarifies the role of federal courts in the process.
Why Sen. Amy Klobuchar thinks this week’s congressional testimony on Facebook will change the game on regulating Big Tech
Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen testified before a Senate committee about the company’s pursuit of growth in the face of real harms it was causing — and brought documents to back up her case.
D.C. Memo: Un-liking Facebook
A Facebook whistleblower, a challenger to Rep. Betty McCollum and a federal boost for ranked choice voting — for state and local elections.
Why Rep. Tom Emmer wants Congress to start taking cryptocurrency seriously
This congressman is about crypto now.
