The Daily Digest
The budget balancing committee may talk spending cuts at a hearing scheduled for today.
Gov. Pawlenty will talk flood mitigation in northwest Minnesota.
The state is lobbying snowbirds to be counted in Minnesota and not in the warmer state. The Star Tribune and MPR have stories.
There has been a big jump in the number of women seeking protection.
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The Minnesota National Guard held a retreat for Military families.
Three pigs at the MN State Fair may have H1N1.
Pawlenty for Prez Watch
Pawlenty scored poorly in a poll of GOP 2012 candidates.
Pawlenty heads to Washington D.C. later this week to raise money for his PAC.
Pawlenty also spoke to Western CPAC on Friday. He told KCAL that he has poor name recognition but he's not thinking about a run for president.
You can watch a part of the speech here.
Human Events said Pawlenty scored big points at the event.
The DFL hits Pawlenty on his new team and fundraisers.
Mitt Romney is ramping up the fundraising portion of his federal PAC.
Ron Paul is headed to Iowa.
Congress
President Obama praised the Senate health committee's vote.
His aides say he's not demanding the public option.
He also took aim at deceptive health ads.
The federal deficit tripled from a year ago but it's smaller than expected.
The electoral crisis in Afghanistan deepens.
The White House said it's linking its decision on troops to the Afghan election.
Massachusetts Democrat John Kerry said it would be a mistake for Obama to send more troops to Afghanistan right now.
GOP Rep. Erik Paulsen will hold a hearing today on the impact the health care reform bill will have on the medical device industry. He wrote an op-ed on the matter in the Pi Press.
The Washington Post picked up on the story as well.
DFL Sen. Al Franken wants dairy included in the Country of Origin Labeling.
The Star Tribune says Franken is keeping a low profile.
Franken skewered Mark de Bernardo, executive director of the Council for Employment Law Equity, on KBR's push to keep a KBR employee's alleged rape out of court.
DFL Rep. Betty McCollum introduced the Global Food Security Act.
A North Carolina Republican Congresswoman calls on Congress to end all ties with a Muslim group. DFL Rep. Keith Ellison is mentioned.
Ellison called for better relations between Arab countries and the U.S.
Ellison also wrote an op-ed calling for a financial safety net for the rest of the nation.
DFL Rep. Collin Peterson will revisit his derivatives bill.
Great Lakes shippers aren't happy about an EPA fuel proposal. DFL Rep. Jim Oberstar is mentioned.
2010 Race for Governor
Former DFL state Sen. Steve Kelley officially kicks off his campaign for governor this morning.
Minnesota Brown posts an interview with Kelley.
The governor's race may impact the upcoming session.
2010 Race for Congress
Maureen Reed officially kicked off her campaign for Congress.
Reed's DFL opponent, state Sen. Tarryl Clark, received funds from DFL Rep. Keith Ellison, DFL Rep. Collin Peterson and DFL Rep. Jim Oberstar.
Reed's GOP opponent, Rep. Michele Bachmann, continues to raise more money than the other members of the delegation from individuals.
Bachmann will also hold a fundraiser to meet her financial commitment to the NRCC.