Marty Seifert
PRESS RELEASE FROM REPRESENTATIVE MARTY SEIFERT: “SEIFERT AMENDMENT ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FAILS BY ONE VOTE”
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008I received this press release yesterday afternoon. ### Representative Marty Seifert (R-Marshall) came up one vote short on an amendment to a bill that would have taken local aid away to cities that prohibit their law enforcement officers from inquiring about the legal status of people detained by police. Currently, Minneapolis and St. Paul disallow [...]
STAR TRIBUNE: “6 GOP LEGISLATORS STRIPPED OF LEADERSHIP POSITIONS”
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008"Less than 24 hours after six rogue Republican House members voted to override a veto of a $6.6 billion transportation bill, they were stripped of leadership positions, a swift – and unusual – recrimination that was intended to 'stitch together' a fractious House Republican caucus." Source: Star Tribune, February 26, 2008 Click here for the [...]
BREAKING NEWS FROM FROM THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS: “SEIFERT ANNOUNCES NEW REPUBLICAN LEADS”
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008I just received this press release from the House Republican Caucus. The Override Six have been removed from their leadership positions within the House Republican Caucus. ### SAINT PAUL — (February 26, 2008) — State Representative Marty Seifert today announced the six Republicans who voted to override Governor Tim Pawlenty's veto have been removed from [...]
THE FALLOUT BEGINS FOR THE OVERRIDE SIX
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008"At least two of the dissenting Republicans will be leaving leadership posts on committees. Rep. Rod Hamilton, of Mountain Lake, said he voluntarily resigned as the lead Republican on the House Agriculture Committee. Rep. Bud Heidgerken, R-Freeport, said he was asked to step down as the lead Republican on the House K-12 Finance Committee." Source: [...]
REPRESENTATIVE MARTY SEIFERT’S SPEECH ON THE DFL TRANSPORTATION PLAN
Friday, February 22nd, 2008The taxpayers of Minnesota have a right to be upset with yesterday's legislative activity on the DFL transportation plan. While most the attention is being placed on the Republicans that voted for the bill, I'd thought I write a post about a Republican that did a great job yesterday. Please watch this video clip [...]
FROM STAR TRIBUNE: SEIFERT CALLS ARM-TWISTING TACTICS USED BY DEMOCRATS “DESPICABLE”
Thursday, February 21st, 2008"Republicans accused DFLers of resorting to heavy-handed tactics to gain votes. House Minority Leader Marty Seifert, R-Marshall, said the political pressure on Republicans — and even some DFLers — was 'despicable.' Tactics included threatening to find opponents to run against plan opponents, or to block bills or projects in their districts. The pressure, he said, [...]
NARN “THE FINAL WORD†TODAY: REPRESENTATIVE MARTY SEIFERT, ATTORNEY ERICK KAARDAL
Saturday, February 16th, 2008I'll be on the radio today for a two-hour program from 3-5 p.m. with King Banaian of SCSU Scholars on AM 1280 The Patriot. Representative Marty Seifert, Republican leader in the Minnesota House, will be a guest starting at 3:15 p.m. Attorney Erick Kaardal will be on the show at 4:15 p.m. to talk about [...]
PREVIEW OF NARN “THE FINAL WORD†TOMORROW: REPRESENTATIVE MARTY SEIFERT, ATTORNEY ERICK KAARDAL
Friday, February 15th, 2008I'll be on the radio tomorrow for a two-hour program from 3-5 p.m. with King Banaian of SCSU Scholars on AM 1280 The Patriot. Representative Marty Seifert, Republican leader in the Minnesota House, will be a guest starting at 3:15 p.m. Attorney Erick Kaardal will be on the show at 4:15 p.m. to talk about [...]