Dems head toward House control, but lose incumbents to GOP
November 4, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats drove Wednesday toward extending their control of the House for two more years but with a potentially shrunken majority as they lost at least six incumbents and failed to oust any Republican lawmakers in initial returns...
Biden wins Minnesota; Smith keeps Senate seat; Peterson out
November 4, 2020 GMTMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Joe Biden carried Minnesota on Tuesday, dashing President Donald Trump's hopes of becoming the first Republican to carry the state since Richard Nixon in 1972, while Sen...
Veteran House incumbents cling to seats as districts evolve
September 11, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — As he logs another campaign season piloting his single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza around his vast, crimson-red Minnesota district, voters greet Rep...
House adopts bill to make DC 51st state; Senate GOP opposes
June 26, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House approved a bill Friday to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, saying Congress has both the moral obligation and constitutional authority to ensure that the city's 700,000 residents are allowed full voting rights, no longer subject to "taxation without representation...
Rep. Collin Peterson says he’ll seek a 16th term in Congress
March 6, 2020 GMTST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson said Friday that he will seek a 16th term to represent a western Minnesota district that’s the most heavily pro-Trump of any House seat held by a Democrat anywhere...
Minnesota Democrat Peterson votes against Trump impeachment
December 19, 2019 GMTMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota on Wednesday voted against both articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, one of just two Democrats to do so...
Impeachment another hurdle for Democrat on GOP turf
December 9, 2019 GMTPAYNESVILLE, Minn. (AP) — In the midst of a difficult harvest slowed by muddy fields, Jeff Ampe wasn’t thinking much about elections or impeachment...
2 Dems who broke ranks on impeachment decry partisan process
October 31, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Only two Democrats broke ranks Thursday to oppose the House resolution that sets ground rules for an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump...
Democrats’ House takeover spurs hope for farm bill this year
November 9, 2018 GMTMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prospects have improved for Congress to pass a bipartisan farm bill before the end of the year after Democrats secured the House majority during the midterm elections, key lawmakers and other experts said...
Dayton gets close-up look at flood damage in SW Minnesota
July 6, 2018 GMTSLAYTON, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton got a firsthand look Friday at southwestern Minnesota communities that have been hit by flooding.
The governor's first stop was Slayton, where he met with local officials and community members to discuss how to get state and federal help to them.
Minnesota lawmakers in D.C. hope to settle farm bill soon
July 6, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON As ranking Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota would normally be in the negotiating mix on a federal farm bill thats now passed both the House and Senate but in widely different forms.
Stalled farm bill falls victim to extreme partisanship
May 29, 2018 GMTTo know how far relationships have broken down in Congress, consider this: Just as lawmakers should have been negotiating furiously to nail down the 2018 farm bill, a $489 billion behemoth that would fund agriculture and food assistance for five years, Minnesota U.S.
United States resumes a trade beef with the European Union
December 22, 2016 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is resuming a trade fight with the European Union over barriers to American beef exports...