Oct 30, 2019
Minnesota Report When Governor Tim Walz (DFL-MN) began his campaign for governor he advanced the theme of One Minnesota. Now, as a concept this is a worthy effort, it presupposes a similar theme of the University of Minnesota football team’s Row the Boat idea of the...
Oct 30, 2019
National Report The Iowa Caucuses are scheduled for February 3, 2020, and with less than 100 days to go much is underway. If anyone wants to take a trip to Iowa and watch any of the political event first hand they should contact the Amy for America campaign the...
Oct 25, 2019
Contract with America 1. THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT: A balanced budget/tax limitation amendment and a legislative line-item veto to restore fiscal responsibility to an out-of-control Congress, requiring them to live under the same budget constraints as families and...
Oct 16, 2019
Minnesota Report Many people who support US Sen Amy Klobuchar’s (D-MN) Presidential bid have been waiting for her to do or say something different than she has been prior. While sitting at either a single or double-digit in nearly all polling, she hasn’t seemed to...
Oct 16, 2019
Minnesota Report Rep Ilhan Omar (DFL-MN05) has shown little attachment to Minnesota at any time since her election to state office. As a state legislator, she made a number of trips nationally to promote her election as the first Somali state legislator. Her election...
Oct 4, 2019
Minnesota Report Yesterday, former Representative and unsuccessful Gubernatorial candidate Erin Murphy (DFL-64, St Paul) announced her intention to challenge 30-year incumbent Dick Cohen ((DFL-64, St Paul). This is after Murphy had announced her formation of a new...
Oct 4, 2019
Minnesota Report Since Ward 6 is the only open seat in the St Paul municipal elections we thought it would be significant to sit down with the various candidates we feel who actually have a chance at winning the seat. As anyone who reads Checks & Balances knows we...
Sep 27, 2019
Minnesota Report In 2010, Wisconsin finished first in the nation and outpaced Minnesota in second by 1 percentage point in completion of the Census forms. The Badger state showed an 82% completion rate compared to our own of 81%. In 2000, the results were the same...
Sep 27, 2019
National Report The impeachment proceeding of Donald J Trump (R) may have seemed destined from the start of his administration because he entered into office with no prior governmental experience and appeared to show disdain and disregard to formal convention and past...
Sep 5, 2019
Minnesota Report The 2019 Minnesota State Fair attendance was a record-setting 2,126,551, now granted there was a lot of repeat visitors, but it is impressive none the less. Checks & Balances attended the fair four times and we have a few features of the trips to...
