The Daily Digest: 4-23-07

Posted at 8:23 AM on April 23, 2007 by Tom Scheck
Filed under: Daily Digest

Conference committees will start meeting this week to discuss their differences on spending bills. We're told that the House and Senate will also have their spending targets done by Friday. The House Tax Chair also says she will release her tax bill today with a possible full House vote by the end of the week. AP says Gov. Pawlenty is getting the veto pen ready.

The House passed the HHS budget bill after a monster floor debate that went all day Friday and into the early Saturday morning hours. AP has the story.

Dedicated funding for natural resources and the arts is also in a Senate committee this week. The Star Tribune's Dennis Anderson has another column on it.

Should the state put more limits on teen drivers?

The Star Tribune says politics colored the probe into an autism center.

The Timberjay says nursing homes on the Iron Range are struggling.

The St. Cloud Times says VIPs on the road can cause problems (in light of the accident involving NJ Gov. Jon Corzine).

Congress

GOP Sen. Norm Coleman went to Iraq over the weekend. He sees mixed results or progess (depending on which story you read).

If the situation in Iraq doesn't change, Democrats hope Coleman will shift gears and sign on to their benchmark troop funding bill says US. News and World Report.

Coleman made the trip as several DFLers in Minnesota's Congressional delegation discuss the war in Iraq at a town hall forum.

DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar also delivered the Democratic response to the president’s weekly radio address. Here’s the transcript.

Klobuchar is also mentioned in this WCCO story on soldiers returning home from war.

The Washington Post says hedge funds are getting into the political game. GOP Sen. Norm Coleman is mentioned.

He also wants to modernize tax lien filings.

DFL Rep. Tim Walz celebrates Earth Day at Whitewater.

Someone also breaks into Walz' office.

GOP Rep. John Kline wants to expand a program that helps national guard members reintegrate into society.

Impeach for Peace meets with DFL Rep. Keith Ellison.

The Des Moines Register says corn growers want to link yield and revenue to subsidy payments. DFL Rep. Collin Peterson is mentioned.

DFL Rep. Jim Oberstar pushes for a federal ballast law.

2008
MSNBC's Tom Curry writes about the Supreme Court decision on partial birth abortion. Some wonder if Coleman's anti-choice views will hurt in 2008.

The Rothenberg Political Report calls Coleman vulnerable.

The Rochester Post Bulletin writes about the Al Franken/Mike Ciresi matchup.

Franken will speak to students at William Mitchell on Wednesday.

Franken and Ciresi will also speak at the Senate District 29/Dodge County fundraiser next Saturday.

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