Under President Barack Obama the Democratic Party has taken an enormous electoral beating.
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Less school testing on horizon after Obama weighs in
The Senate Education Committee is considering reducing the time Minnesota schools spend in testing.
Read More »Republicans move to block Obama’s Clean Power Plan
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans are moving to block President Barack Obama’s plan to force steep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants. Rep. ...
Read More »EPA policy flicks switch on power plant fight
Pat Garofalo holds a press conference and a hearing to warn Minnesotans of potential economic fallout from the new federal “clean power plan."
Read More »The stranger in the White House
A new book observes President Obama remains a stranger to many of the ways of Washington and to the other power holders in the nation’s capital.
Read More »Dayton visits White House
Governor Mark Dayton was among other members of the National Governors Association executive committee who met with President Barack Obama.
Read More »A twilight of maybes
For Barack Obama's remaining time in office, there are high ambitions but less power to achieve.
Read More »Audacity of Hope?
The nation's leaders need core values, not just ideology, to raise the nation’s morale.
Read More »Obama defiant
President Obama has decided to rely upon an aggressive and expansive definition of his executive powers in order to make policy regardless of congressional preferences.
Read More »U.S. House speaker, next Senate leader natural allies
Sen. Mitch McConnell joined House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday at the pinnacle of the congressional and Republican power structures in Washington.
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