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Buck Humphrey NOT running for the Ramstad seat

A Modest Scoop


Hubert H. (Buck) Humphrey IV, who has been widely identified as a likely frontrunner in the race for the DFL nomination for the open congressional seat in the Third District has decided not to run.
“I will verify that,” Humphrey just told me when I called him to check out the rumor.
Humphrey, grandson of a vice […]

Oberstar to Bush: Support funding for bridge fixing. Bush to Oberstar: Fix the earmark issue first

A Modest Scoop


Okay, Pres. Bush and U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar didn’t directly address these comments to one another, but they might as well have, and although Bush’s complaints about Congressional pork projects may have been a mere excuse to oppose domestic spending, Oberstar is one of the kings of the House where earmarks for roads and bridges […]