Shenanigans in Michigan's 7th District
ListenMost congressmen face a big struggle to first get elected, and then stay in their jobs for a considerable period of time. John Dingell, for example, holds the all-time record. He’ll have served...
View ArticleRepublican Congressman Huizenga and debt ceiling crisis
President Obama and Congress have yet to find a solution to the nation’s debt crisis. Last night, President Obama and Speaker Boehner separately addressed the nation. They gave their explanations of...
View ArticleSnyder says he's trying to get information on possible national debt default
Governor Snyder says the federal government hasn't yet explained to his administration how they will handle a possible national debt default. Snyder spoke Wednesday to WLNS-TV at the Ionia Free Fair....
View ArticleSnyder says Michigan “reasonably prepared” in case of U.S. default
Congress has until Tuesday to reach a deal on raising the debt ceiling to avoid default on some federal loans and other obligations.Michigan Governor Rick Snyder says a possible default has him...
View ArticleCongressman Hansen Clarke: Shaking Things Up
ListenThere was a time in Hansen Clarke’s life when the thing he wanted most in the world was to be a Congressman, back when he was twenty-five years old or so.This year, that happened. He beat Detroit...
View ArticleUS Rep. Peters, D-Mich., to run in new district
DETROIT (AP) - U.S. Rep. Gary Peters says he's seeking election in the newly drawn 14th District.The Democrat from Oakland County's Bloomfield Township serves the 9th District. He made the announcement...
View ArticlePostal Service will announce changes
Financial problems are mounting at the U.S. Postal Service, and that's going to have repercussions on Americans' daily lives. For one thing, you won't be able to assume - or even hope - that a stamped...
View ArticleMichigan's Sander Levin (D) to be on payroll tax cut committee
A committee of Republicans and Democrats from the U.S. House and Senate will convene to negotiate a year-long extension of unemployment benefits and the payroll tax cut.U.S. Representative Sander...
View ArticleMichigan Republican Upton targeted as "too liberal"
The conservative PAC "Club for Growth" has a new television ad targeting Michigan Congressman Fred Upton's "liberal" voting record.From a Club for Growth press release:“Fred Upton voted to bail out...
View ArticleWATCH: Michigan Governor Rick Snyder testify before Congress on job creation
Update 11:50 a.m.Snyder's portion of the hearing has ended. The committee now moves on to Panel 2 of the hearing.In his final statement to the committee, Governor Snyder urged members of Congress to...
View ArticleCommentary: John Dingell runs again
The tail fins on cars were just starting to take off the first time he ran. The nation had about half as many people as it does now.Neither of his opponents this year had yet been born. For that...
View ArticleCommentary: Joe Schwarz's decision not to run for Congress
For weeks, former Republican Congressman Joe Schwarz seriously considered running for the job again, this time as a Democrat. He talked to me about that several times.He was actually very close to...
View ArticleCommentary: The problem McCotter left behind
Political circles across the state remain stunned by the very public self-destruction of former Congressman Thaddeus McCotter, from the white-collar Wayne County suburb of Livonia.Yet it seems to me...
View ArticleCommentary: Drowning in Democracy
I hate to sound alarmist, but if all the proposals whose backers submitted signatures make it on the ballot and are approved by the voters, the result will destroy representative democracy in Michigan....
View Article'Fiscal Cliff' worries hit the street in Michigan
Concerns about the nation’s fiscal cliff crisis have reached the streets of Lansing.A small band of protesters stood outside of Michigan Congressman Mike Rogers’ local office today to call for the rich...
View ArticleState’s top budget official praises Congress for averting fiscal cliff
Michigan’s top budget official is praising Congress for averting the so-called “fiscal cliff.”Budget Director John Nixon said sweeping tax increases and across-the-board spending cuts could have...
View ArticleStateside: Fiscal cliff compromise will impact Michigan's businesses
Congress passed a bill Tuesday that would prevent the U.S. from falling over the 'fiscal cliff.'Addressing the bill’s impact on Michigan were Daniel Howes of the Detroit News and Jack Lessenberry of...
View ArticleMichigan Rep. Amash played "key role" in votes against Boehner
Members of the new 113th Congress were sworn in last week, and they went about picking their leaders.Republicans in the House of Representatives still hold a majority, so Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) was...
View ArticleStateside for Thursday, June 6th, 2013
He's worked with 11 presidents, taken several thousand votes, and tomorrow, Michigan Congressman John Dingell becomes the longest serving member of Congress ever. We spoke with Dingell about his 57...
View ArticleJohn Dingell becomes the longest-serving member of Congress
A piece of history is being written in the United States Congress.Tomorrow is the day that John Dingell becomes the longest-serving member of Congress ever, surpassing the late Robert Byrd of West...
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