It isn’t a mistake to say that Collin Peterson, Mary Landrieu and Ben Nelson are a band of idiots. Each of them voted for legislation that will raise taxes on their constituents. In exchange for their abandoning their principles, each got concessions.
Peterson accepted his thirty pieces of silver after [...]
In an email to his constituents, SD 15-A representative Steve Gottwalt had this to say:
We received the latest budget forecast information today and it indicates Minnesota faces a projected $1.2 billion shortfall for the current two-year state budget, and a $5.4 billion deficit for the next biennium.
[...]Harry Reid plans a key procedural vote in the Senate this weekend, apparently trying to follow Nancy Pelosi’s footsteps in jamming ObamaCare down the throats of a skeptical chamber before members can hear from their constituents. Unlike Pelosi, however, this vote will not be on the bill itself, or even [...]