Senate Republicans Scrap Bipartisan Efforts by Pushing Last Second Obamacare Repeal

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The last minute, strictly partisan push by Senate Republicans has seemingly ruined bipartisan efforts to stabilize health care. Senate Republicans are hoping to get to 51 votes by September 30th so they can repeal and replace parts of Obamacare and live up to their campaign promises of the last seven years. They should be ashamed. […]

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Last-ditch Effort on Health Care Repeal Quietly Gains Momentum

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Republicans in the U.S. Senate are quietly inching closer to repealing and replacing Obamacare. The last-ditch effort comes after failed attempts earlier this summer. According to reports, the latest version already has 49 GOP votes and only needs one more with the help of Vice President Mike Pence to pass. North Dakota’s Senator John Hoeven […]

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National Senate Republicans Flood North Dakota Mailboxes 15 Months Before Election

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We’re fifteen months out from the 2018 election yet the partisan hit pieces have already begun to hit North Dakota mailboxes. I had a number of readers contact me to say they have received mail this week from the National Republican Senatorial Committee targeting U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp. Attacking someone fifteen months out who hasn’t […]

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JOHN RISCH: Bigger Trucks, Worse Roads

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A nonpartisan research group, The Road Information Program, estimates that one-third of North Dakota roads are in mediocre/fair or poor condition, and the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) estimates that half of our state’s bridges are in fair/poor condition. The results of all this costs North Dakota motorists $186 million a year in extra vehicle […]

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RYAN TAYLOR: The moral calling and practical work of food and agriculture

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I spent the beginning of this month thinking of my father, a WW2 combat veteran of the Pacific who spent his 25th birthday on an LST, a tank landing ship, bound for Japan and a land invasion. His birthday was August 9, the same day the second atom bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. The invasion […]

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