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...pore over bills Wednesday that would apply the state sales tax to online purchases and expensive apparel. A state Senate subcommittee didn't take any votes because the Legislature is only starting discussions of how to balance the budget and remake...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Now in her second term, Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar has landed top committee post. Klobuchar was announced Thursday as chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights. It's a panel within the Senate Judiciary Committee. Minnesota has had relatively low seniority in the Senate, where longevity is critical. Klobuchar won a second term in November, the first Minnesota senator with multiple terms since Democratic Paul Wellstone won a second six-year stint in 1996.
...been helpful and said they've helped his company purchase needed equipment.Klobuchar serves as chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Competitiveness, Innovation and Export Promotion. She has also introduced the "Innovate America Act" to...
...to release the funds. The Duluth News Tribune (http://bit.ly/wZDtsk ) says the bill will be before a Senate subcommittee March 1. ___ Information from: Duluth News Tribune, http://www.duluthsuperior.com Copyright 2012 The...
...support such projects and that winning over the agency was difficult. Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., heads the Senate subcommittee that approves water projects. He was easier to deal with and had fewer philosophical problems with Lewis and Clark...
...in overages from the 1950s until the late 1980s when it recorded its first shortage -- the same year a U.S. Senate subcommittee began investigating the company's measurement policies, the plaintiffs showed. But the defense says Koch's...
...marriage laws can backfire and make some divorces messier. A similar proposal by Dille was tabled last year in the Senate subcommittee on family law. It was on the floor of the House when the session ended. Opposition in the Legislature may give...
...feeble, weak-minded person to begin with, I don't have time for you,'' he said. Eight witnesses told the Senate subcommittee on labor and health that a main problem that needs to be addressed is ending misunderstanding about mental illness...
...without serious losses in habitats and fish and bird populations. Meanwhile, corps and Army officials told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday that Congress has given a green light to $38 billion worth of navigation, flood control and other water...
...from Tennessee. He was named to the board after Gore became vice president. He also has served as counsel to the Senate subcommittee on intergovernmental relations. He used the position to bring attention to issues including aging wiring in airplanes...