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Plus: Reps. split on resolution on socialism and Minnesota loses two from the ag committee. Also, a complete article on Rep. Ilhan Omar being ousted from the Foreign Affairs Committee can be found here.
The Biden administration has tasked several federal agencies to do what they can to help beleaguered tenants. But there’s a limit to what the White House can do.
Plus: Klobuchar goes after Ticketmaster and the Supreme Court fails to find leaker of draft abortion decision.
Plus: Fischbach trades Ag committee for Ways and Means, D.C. lawmakers allowed housing subsidies
Plus: Minnesota farmers, miners take issue with new definition of U.S. waters, Post Office fails to deliver
Plus: Congress rushes to avert government shutdown
Plus: Food banks ask for more federal help on Capitol Hill, including Minnesota’s Second Harvest Heartland.
Plus: Omar gets a promotion and Emmer again supports same-sex and interracial marriage while other Minnesota Republicans vote no.
The lame duck Congress went into overdrive this week with votes on legislation aimed at protecting same-sex marriage and averting a crippling rail strike. Also, Minneapolis lawyer Jerry Blackwell’s nomination for a federal judgeship moved toward confirmation.
When Congress returns from its Thanksgiving break next week, House and Senate Democrats have a long list of goals to accomplish before Republicans take control of the House in January. Plus: A ruling on Trump’s taxes; Biden’s student loan moratorium; and more.
Plus: Earmarks endangered, Phillips runs for leadership job
Plus: Emmer begins leadership push and Republicans assess what went wrong
Plus: Emmer ally says he’s favored to win possible leadership job; for Dems, GOP, it’s all about getting out the vote now.
Plus: Emmer feuds with Tucker Carlson; Omar, other progressives, take misstep on Ukraine; and more.
Plus: Omar hits McCarthy in ad and Latinos say inflation is a top concern
Plus: Craig, Kistner take aim at each other in debate and Ettinger airs first television commercial
Plus: Phillips trying to ban PACs; kicking off another stormy session of the Supreme Court.
Plus: Stock ban placed on hold, Weiler named a “Young Gun” and Dems and Republicans show they can agree.
Plus: AIPAC involved in Omar-Samuels race; GOP releases “Commitment to America”; and more.
Plus: GOP ignites a new abortion fight, New York Times questions Minnesota lawmakers’ stock trading
