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March 30, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Ken Calvert, Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies and the Hon. Betty McCollum, Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies - Provide Funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Keith Ellison, ...
March 27, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Tom Graves, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government and the Hon. Mike Quigley, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government - Protect Taxpayer Services in Budget Proposal
Keith Ellison, ...
March 14, 2017
Rep. Ellison Statement on CBO Report on Republican Health Care Reform Bill
Keith Ellison
March 9, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State - Congress Members Urge Tillerson to Use Diplomacy to Reopen Yemen Port to Urgent Humanitarian Aid
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 15, 2017
Rep. Ellison Reintroduces Zero Waste Development and Expansion Act
Keith Ellison
Jan. 11, 2017
Congressional Progressive Caucus: Will House Republicans Break Trump's Promise to Protect Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security?
Keith Ellison, ...
Nov. 10, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Harold Rogers, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Honorable Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. House of Representatives - Call for Increased Funding for the National Institutes of Health for Fiscal Year 2017
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 8, 2016
Pork Ships
Keith Ellison
Sept. 7, 2016
Flint Funding
Keith Ellison
Aug. 5, 2016
After Effort from Klobuchar, Franken, Peterson, McCollum, Ellison, and Nolan, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Withdraw Proposal That Would Have Resulted in $40 Million Cut to Minnesota Hospitals
Keith Ellison, ...
May 18, 2016
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
Keith Ellison
May 16, 2016
Letter to Chairman John Kline, Chair of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Chairman Todd Rokita, Chair of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, Ranking Member Robert "Bobby" C. Scott, Ranking Member of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Ranking Member Marica L. Fudge, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education - WIC Reauthorization
Keith Ellison, ...
May 13, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Ken Calvert, Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies and the Hon. Betty McCollum, Ranking Member, Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies - Antiquities Act Protection for FY 2017
Keith Ellison, ...
May 10, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Support for New CMS Medicare Part B Demonstration Project
Keith Ellison, ...
March 28, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Kay Granger, Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, and The Honorable Nita Lowey, Ranking Memeber of the House Appropriations Committee - House Members Urge Full Funding of President Obama's Colombia Aid Reques
Keith Ellison, ...
March 24, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman and The Honorable Rosa Delauro, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations - Minority AIDS Initiative
Keith Ellison, ...
March 23, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations Subcomittee on Labor, HHS, and Education, the Honorable Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education, the Honorable John Culbertson, Chairman of the Subcomittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, and the Honorable Michael M. Honda, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Computer Science for All Funding
Keith Ellison, ...
March 17, 2016
Pocan Introduces CPC Debt-Free College Amendment to House Republican Budget
Keith Ellison, ...
March 17, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Mario Diaz-Balart, Chariman and The Honorable David Price, Ranking Member, House Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee - TIGER Grants
Keith Ellison, ...
March 16, 2016
Congressional Progressive Caucus: the People's Budget
Keith Ellison
March 15, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Mike Simpson, Chairman of the Energy and Water Development Appropriatoins Subcommittee, and the Honorable Marcy Kaptur, Ranking Member of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee - National Ignition Facility Budget Support
Keith Ellison, ...
March 15, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Ken Calvert, Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies and the Hon. Betty McCollum, Ranking Member on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies - On the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Keith Ellison, ...
March 15, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Mike Simpson, Chairman, and Honorable Marcy Kaptur, Ranking Memeber, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, House on Appropriations - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Budget
Keith Ellison, ...
March 11, 2016
Letter to the House Appropriations Committee - Adequate Funding for Wall Street Sheriff in Fiscal Year 2017
Keith Ellison, ...
March 10, 2016
Letter to The Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader, The Hon. Tom Price, Chairman House Budget Committee, and the Hon. Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member, House Budget Committee - Fight to Protect SNAP for Those in Need
Keith Ellison, ...
March 3, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House - Save Senior Programs
Keith Ellison, ...
March 3, 2016
Progressive Caucus Releases The People's Budget for FY 2017
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 9, 2016
Crowley, Ellison Introduce Legislation to Make myRA Retirement Savings Program Permanent
Keith Ellison
Feb. 3, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Shaun Donovan, Director of Management and Budget - Bipartisan Push to Increase Support for Dilapidated Tribal School Buildings
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 23, 2015
Letter to the Honorable John F. Kerry, Secretary of the Department of State - Regarding Protests in Ethiopia
Keith Ellison
Dec. 17, 2015
Funding Bill is Reflection of Priorities
Keith Ellison
Nov. 19, 2015
Letter to Congressional Leadership - Bring a Clean Spending Bill to the Floor
Keith Ellison, ...
Nov. 18, 2015
Letter to Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Lowey - Boost in NIH funding
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 28, 2015
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House and Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader - Refusing to Vote For Any Budget Deal That Cuts Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security Benefits
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 28, 2015
Ensuring Tax Exempt Organizations the Right to Appeal Act
Keith Ellison
Oct. 26, 2015
Letter to Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration and Loretta Lynch, Attoney General - Lawmakers Call on Social Security Administration to Treat Same-Sex Marriages Equally
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 23, 2015
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House - Raising the Debt Ceiling
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 20, 2015
Letter to Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services - LIHEAP Heating Assistance
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 13, 2015
Letter to Carolyn Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration - Decision Denying Cost of Living Adjustment to Seniors
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 29, 2015
Rep. Keith Ellison Statement on Republican Attempts to Defund Planned Parenthood
Keith Ellison
Sept. 25, 2015
Rep. Ellison calls for U.S. to accept more refugees
Keith Ellison
Sept. 18, 2015
Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015
Keith Ellison
Aug. 3, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Helms Amendment and Women's Health
Keith Ellison, ...
July 17, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - U.S. Ambassador to Somalia
Keith Ellison, ...
July 13, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Expand Social Security
Keith Ellison, ...
July 7, 2015
Paulsen, Franken Lead MN Congressional Delegation in Urging Federal Agency to Protect Mental Health Funding for MN Children
Keith Ellison, ...
July 1, 2015
Letter to Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Mental Health Services
Keith Ellison, ...
June 23, 2015
Reps. Emmer, Ellison Announce the Congressional Somalia Caucus
Keith Ellison, ...
June 17, 2015
Rep. Ellison Introduces Strengthening Refugee Resettlement Act of 2015
Keith Ellison
June 1, 2015
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives - Trade Adjustment Assistance Funding
Keith Ellison, ...
Date
Title
Politician
March 30, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Ken Calvert, Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies and the Hon. Betty McCollum, Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies - Provide Funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Keith Ellison, ...
March 27, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Tom Graves, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government and the Hon. Mike Quigley, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government - Protect Taxpayer Services in Budget Proposal
Keith Ellison, ...
March 14, 2017
Rep. Ellison Statement on CBO Report on Republican Health Care Reform Bill
Keith Ellison
March 9, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State - Congress Members Urge Tillerson to Use Diplomacy to Reopen Yemen Port to Urgent Humanitarian Aid
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 15, 2017
Rep. Ellison Reintroduces Zero Waste Development and Expansion Act
Keith Ellison
Jan. 11, 2017
Congressional Progressive Caucus: Will House Republicans Break Trump's Promise to Protect Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security?
Keith Ellison, ...
Nov. 10, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Harold Rogers, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Honorable Nita Lowey, Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. House of Representatives - Call for Increased Funding for the National Institutes of Health for Fiscal Year 2017
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 8, 2016
Pork Ships
Keith Ellison
Sept. 7, 2016
Flint Funding
Keith Ellison
Aug. 5, 2016
After Effort from Klobuchar, Franken, Peterson, McCollum, Ellison, and Nolan, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Withdraw Proposal That Would Have Resulted in $40 Million Cut to Minnesota Hospitals
Keith Ellison, ...
May 18, 2016
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
Keith Ellison
May 16, 2016
Letter to Chairman John Kline, Chair of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Chairman Todd Rokita, Chair of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, Ranking Member Robert "Bobby" C. Scott, Ranking Member of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Ranking Member Marica L. Fudge, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education - WIC Reauthorization
Keith Ellison, ...
May 13, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Ken Calvert, Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies and the Hon. Betty McCollum, Ranking Member, Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies - Antiquities Act Protection for FY 2017
Keith Ellison, ...
May 10, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Support for New CMS Medicare Part B Demonstration Project
Keith Ellison, ...
March 28, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Kay Granger, Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, and The Honorable Nita Lowey, Ranking Memeber of the House Appropriations Committee - House Members Urge Full Funding of President Obama's Colombia Aid Reques
Keith Ellison, ...
March 24, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman and The Honorable Rosa Delauro, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations - Minority AIDS Initiative
Keith Ellison, ...
March 23, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Tom Cole, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations Subcomittee on Labor, HHS, and Education, the Honorable Rosa DeLauro, Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education, the Honorable John Culbertson, Chairman of the Subcomittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, and the Honorable Michael M. Honda, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Computer Science for All Funding
Keith Ellison, ...
March 17, 2016
Pocan Introduces CPC Debt-Free College Amendment to House Republican Budget
Keith Ellison, ...
March 17, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Mario Diaz-Balart, Chariman and The Honorable David Price, Ranking Member, House Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee - TIGER Grants
Keith Ellison, ...
March 16, 2016
Congressional Progressive Caucus: the People's Budget
Keith Ellison
March 15, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Mike Simpson, Chairman of the Energy and Water Development Appropriatoins Subcommittee, and the Honorable Marcy Kaptur, Ranking Member of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee - National Ignition Facility Budget Support
Keith Ellison, ...
March 15, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Ken Calvert, Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies and the Hon. Betty McCollum, Ranking Member on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies - On the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Keith Ellison, ...
March 15, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Mike Simpson, Chairman, and Honorable Marcy Kaptur, Ranking Memeber, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, House on Appropriations - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Budget
Keith Ellison, ...
March 11, 2016
Letter to the House Appropriations Committee - Adequate Funding for Wall Street Sheriff in Fiscal Year 2017
Keith Ellison, ...
March 10, 2016
Letter to The Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader, The Hon. Tom Price, Chairman House Budget Committee, and the Hon. Chris Van Hollen, Ranking Member, House Budget Committee - Fight to Protect SNAP for Those in Need
Keith Ellison, ...
March 3, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House - Save Senior Programs
Keith Ellison, ...
March 3, 2016
Progressive Caucus Releases The People's Budget for FY 2017
Keith Ellison, ...
Feb. 9, 2016
Crowley, Ellison Introduce Legislation to Make myRA Retirement Savings Program Permanent
Keith Ellison
Feb. 3, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Shaun Donovan, Director of Management and Budget - Bipartisan Push to Increase Support for Dilapidated Tribal School Buildings
Keith Ellison, ...
Dec. 23, 2015
Letter to the Honorable John F. Kerry, Secretary of the Department of State - Regarding Protests in Ethiopia
Keith Ellison
Dec. 17, 2015
Funding Bill is Reflection of Priorities
Keith Ellison
Nov. 19, 2015
Letter to Congressional Leadership - Bring a Clean Spending Bill to the Floor
Keith Ellison, ...
Nov. 18, 2015
Letter to Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Lowey - Boost in NIH funding
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 28, 2015
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House and Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader - Refusing to Vote For Any Budget Deal That Cuts Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security Benefits
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 28, 2015
Ensuring Tax Exempt Organizations the Right to Appeal Act
Keith Ellison
Oct. 26, 2015
Letter to Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration and Loretta Lynch, Attoney General - Lawmakers Call on Social Security Administration to Treat Same-Sex Marriages Equally
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 23, 2015
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House - Raising the Debt Ceiling
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 20, 2015
Letter to Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services - LIHEAP Heating Assistance
Keith Ellison, ...
Oct. 13, 2015
Letter to Carolyn Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration - Decision Denying Cost of Living Adjustment to Seniors
Keith Ellison, ...
Sept. 29, 2015
Rep. Keith Ellison Statement on Republican Attempts to Defund Planned Parenthood
Keith Ellison
Sept. 25, 2015
Rep. Ellison calls for U.S. to accept more refugees
Keith Ellison
Sept. 18, 2015
Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015
Keith Ellison
Aug. 3, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Helms Amendment and Women's Health
Keith Ellison, ...
July 17, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - U.S. Ambassador to Somalia
Keith Ellison, ...
July 13, 2015
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Expand Social Security
Keith Ellison, ...
July 7, 2015
Paulsen, Franken Lead MN Congressional Delegation in Urging Federal Agency to Protect Mental Health Funding for MN Children
Keith Ellison, ...
July 1, 2015
Letter to Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Mental Health Services
Keith Ellison, ...
June 23, 2015
Reps. Emmer, Ellison Announce the Congressional Somalia Caucus
Keith Ellison, ...
June 17, 2015
Rep. Ellison Introduces Strengthening Refugee Resettlement Act of 2015
Keith Ellison
June 1, 2015
Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives - Trade Adjustment Assistance Funding
Keith Ellison, ...
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