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<a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/'>Amanda Carpenter Column</a><br /> The 3-judge panel overseeing the ongoing recount between Norm Coleman and Al Franken for Minnesota’s Senate seat made a ruling last week they may regret.

2009-02-18T15:10:31-05:00 2013-05-25T06:28:02Z Amanda Carpenter The 3-judge panel overseeing the ongoing recount between Norm Coleman and Al Franken for Minnesota’s Senate seat made a ruling last week they may... 54843547-6072-42fd-8c12-a4baa347b560

<a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/'>Amanda Carpenter Column</a><br /> As Congress prepares to pass a $787 billion economic stimulus package, taxpayers in Minnesota are still short a U.S. Senator as the recount between GOP Sen. Norm Coleman and opponent Al Franken continues.

2009-02-13T14:57:40-05:00 2013-05-25T06:28:02Z Amanda Carpenter As Congress prepares to pass a $787 billion economic stimulus package, taxpayers in Minnesota are still short a U.S. Senator as the recount... 844f1b4e-ec3a-453f-8f29-56874580114d

<a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/'>Amanda Carpenter Column</a><br /> The same day President Obama appeared in Elkhart, Indiana to ramp up public support for his stimulus bill, nearly 300 people showed up at Indiana Rep. Mike Pence’s (R.) town hall to vent their opposition to the legislation.

2009-02-10T12:37:45-05:00 2013-05-25T06:28:02Z Amanda Carpenter The same day President Obama appeared in Elkhart, Indiana to ramp up public support for his stimulus bill, nearly 300 people showed up at Indiana... fd36eec9-5f10-4ded-a83c-1f4e0c0d3171

<a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/'>Amanda Carpenter Column</a><br /> Using words like “bipartisanship” and “compromise” President Obama may attempt a clever move to get controversial legislation passed to increase Big Labor’s control over the U.S. workforce.

2009-01-28T10:50:28-05:00 2013-05-25T06:28:02Z Amanda Carpenter Using words like “bipartisanship” and “compromise” President Obama may attempt a clever move to get controversial legislation passed to increase... 396049b9-14aa-4bfa-be24-0a0fb5ede415

<a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/'>Amanda Carpenter Column</a><br /> An upbeat Sarah Palin congratulated her state for tightening its belt during their past years of prosperity and asked them to sacrifice a little more in the year ahead in her annual State of the State address Thursday evening.

2009-01-23T11:24:20-05:00 2013-05-25T06:28:02Z Amanda Carpenter An upbeat Sarah Palin congratulated her state for tightening its belt during past years and asked them to sacrifice a little more in the year... 527f366c-cf62-4283-bed8-172c4da31985

<a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/'>Amanda Carpenter Column</a><br /> Norm Coleman has found a day job to pay the bills until it’s determined he’ll be able to keep his U.S. Senate seat or not.

2009-01-22T15:15:22-05:00 2013-05-25T06:28:02Z Amanda Carpenter Norm Coleman has found a day job to pay the bills while he waits to see if he’ll be able to return to the U.S. Senate or not. The Republican... 90f61dbf-bdcc-4a6a-a530-dbb0d970222c

<a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/'>Amanda Carpenter Column</a><br /> Michael Steele has given Townhall an exclusive copy of the online communications plan he’s pitching to RNC members.

2009-01-21T21:07:14-05:00 2013-05-25T06:28:02Z Amanda Carpenter If President Obama’s election taught the GOP anything it’s this: Republicans must compete with Democrats in the online arena of social networking,... dc84ff85-4270-4195-bd26-dc071f6e5e21

<a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/'>Amanda Carpenter Column</a><br /> Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has kicked hundreds of families out of their homes and relocated a cemetery full of buried bodies to build a $15 million airport expansion Chicago residents oppose, airlines don’t want and he doesn’t have the money to build.

2009-01-14T14:42:24-05:00 2013-05-25T06:28:02Z Amanda Carpenter Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has kicked hundreds of families out of their homes and relocated a cemetery full of buried bodies to build a... 91c45dcb-4cf1-4d17-a844-2d951b35d029

<a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/'>Amanda Carpenter Column</a><br /> Officials from Fox Business are suing the Federal Reserve, complaining about the Fed’s failure to comply with the network’s Freedom of Information Requests.

2009-01-12T15:50:44-05:00 2013-05-25T06:28:02Z Amanda Carpenter Officials from Fox Business are suing the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, complaining about the Fed’s failure to comply with the... 18582fbd-1cc1-4e7f-a7ca-9c2ffa62de7d

<a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/'>Amanda Carpenter Column</a><br /> GOP Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Democratic Secretary of State Mark Ritchie rebuffed Al Franken’s demands for an election certificate, citing state law against acting on the request.

2009-01-12T15:45:29-05:00 2013-05-25T06:28:02Z Amanda Carpenter GOP Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Democratic Secretary of State Mark Ritchie rebuffed Al Franken’s demands for an election certificate, citing... 117b2295-07ac-4cc7-9558-cb6647f80688

<a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/'>Amanda Carpenter Column</a><br /> The 1200-page, pork-laden, $10 billion proposal locks up millions of acres of energy-rich property by designating it an environmentalist-friendly “federal wilderness” area where not even as much as a bicycle would be permitted to travel across the land.

2009-01-10T10:53:16-05:00 2013-05-25T06:28:02Z Amanda Carpenter Update: The U.S. Senate passed the bill Sunday by a vote of 66-12. It’s hard to pinpoint the worst part of the public lands legislation bill... 54e2e8c1-a231-437e-93e2-d95ed8fb70d1

<a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/'>Amanda Carpenter Column</a><br /> In the six-way race for Republican National Committee Chairman every candidate has earned some kind of short-hand description.

2009-01-08T12:52:30-05:00 2013-05-25T06:28:02Z Amanda Carpenter In the six-way race for Republican National Committee Chairman every candidate has earned some kind of short-hand description. There is, in... bdacc764-d0f4-44e7-bf95-59a99168c0ff

<a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/'>Amanda Carpenter Column</a><br /> Democratic leadership announced that the disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s nod for Roland Burris to Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat will be approved despite worries about the “tainted” nature of the appointment.

2009-01-07T10:52:34-05:00 2013-05-25T06:28:02Z Amanda Carpenter Democratic leadership indicated that disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s nod for Roland Burris to Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat will be approved... 295450e4-16c2-425c-842a-30dce3194e98

<a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/'>Amanda Carpenter Column</a><br /> House Democrats will hold a hearing on President-elect Barack Obama’s $1 trillion spending plan where no dissenting opinions are going to be permitted Wednesday, previewing a long year ahead for the newly silenced minority.

2009-01-06T20:33:57-05:00 2013-05-25T06:28:02Z Amanda Carpenter House Democrats will hold a hearing on President-elect Barack Obama’s $1 trillion spending plan where no dissenting opinions are going to be... 7beb0307-5a04-4da8-9d4e-524062fafbab

<a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/'>Amanda Carpenter Column</a><br /> Norm Coleman’s legal team started batting down the hatches for a long, legal battle hours after the Minnesota State Canvassing Board declared Democratic comedian-turned-candidate Al Franken the winner of a contentious recount by 225 votes.

2009-01-05T17:35:06-05:00 2013-05-25T06:28:02Z Amanda Carpenter Norm Coleman’s legal team started battening down the hatches for a long, legal battle hours after the Minnesota State Canvassing Board declared... 9bca4ea6-8e86-43dc-9d44-5ae25a9d6f1b

<a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/'>Amanda Carpenter Column</a><br /> The current Republican National Committee Chairman defended his losing record in the 2008 presidential election and promised RNC members that if they would re-elect him to the post that he would bring “change” to the GOP.

2009-01-05T14:42:48-05:00 2013-05-25T06:28:02Z Amanda Carpenter The current Republican National Committee Chairman defended his losing record in the 2008 presidential election and promised RNC members that if... 47cf2284-5113-401d-aa32-ca8425daf831

<a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/'>Amanda Carpenter Column</a><br /> Norm Coleman doesn’t want anyone to get too worried about the lead Al Franken has over him right now in the contentious recount for Minnesota’s Senate seat.

2008-12-19T11:28:16-05:00 2013-05-25T06:28:02Z Amanda Carpenter Norm Coleman doesn’t want anyone to get too worried about the lead Al Franken has over him right now in the contentious recount for Minnesota’s... e5ce2fe7-15f3-4ba3-acc3-1edca24d58a0

<a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/'>Amanda Carpenter Column</a><br /> Two of the top candidates to become Chair of the Republican National Committee are offering competing blueprints explaining plans to lead the GOP.

2008-12-16T16:22:43-05:00 2013-05-25T06:28:02Z Amanda Carpenter Two of the top candidates to become Chair of the Republican National Committee offered competing blueprints to explain their plans to lead the GOP... 50ea0be6-7654-48f2-8c86-d7217a8676b9

<a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/'>Amanda Carpenter Column</a><br /> Members of President-Elect Barack Obama’s transition team deny engaging in any wrongful conversations about the appointment of Obama’s vacated Senate seat with disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.

2008-12-15T16:13:10-05:00 2013-05-25T06:28:02Z Amanda Carpenter President-Elect Barack Obama’s transition team denies engaging in any wrongful conversations about the appointment of Obama’s vacated Senate... ae55599f-14a0-453d-ae5c-afbe83bb4816

<a href='http://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/'>Amanda Carpenter Column</a><br /> Big Three automakers say if the U.S. government doesn’t hand over $34 billion tax dollars to their companies the U.S. economy will almost certainly collapse.

2008-12-03T14:16:32-05:00 2013-05-25T06:28:02Z Amanda Carpenter Big Three automakers say if the U.S. government doesn’t hand over $34 billion tax dollars to their companies the U.S. economy will almost...