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In a potential 2010 election match-up Republican Governor John Hoeven leads Democratic Senator Byron Dorgan 55% to 36% with 9% undecided. Senator Dorgan, however, leads another possible challenger, Republican Duane Sand, by a similar margin, 60% to 28% with 10% undecided. Sand isn't even in this race really, I think.  

Legislation has recently been introduced in the House of Representatives that will extend the current biodiesel tax credit from it's current deadline of Dec. 31, 2009. Rep. Earl Pomeroy's (D-N.D.) bill, H.R. 4070 proposes to extend the $1 per gallon tax credit for five years. Proponents of this bill argue that it's been a success because, shockingly, paying people to use biodiesel has resulted in bigger demand for the product: Manning Feraci, the National Biodiesel Board Vice President of Federal Affa  

The National Republican Congressional Committee is attacking three veteran Democratic congressmen representing conservative districts over their vote for health care legislation in television ads that begin airing today. The ads go after Reps. John Spratt (D-S.C.), Vic Snyder (D-Ark.) and Earl Pomeroy (D-N.D.), who have emerged as tempting targets even though it's been a while since they faced competitive re-election bid. But all three of their districts voted for John McCain in last year's presidential  

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- House Democrats are retreating from a plan to move permanent estate tax legislation by the end of the year, spooked by high unemployment and budget deficits. Members of the House Ways and Means Committee said that instead they hope to move legislation that extends current estate tax levels for one year. They could then revisit a permanent fix to the estate tax in 2010, when other tax cuts enacted under the administration of former President George W. Bush are slated to expire.

We're all going to be elected again in a year. The Senate is looking at five years from now, so they're not thinking of that   -Jim McDermott

 

Americans United for Change and AFSCME are going up with spots defending the 13 House members under attack from the Chamber of Commerce and 60-Plus Association for their health care votes. The ads cast them as having cast a brave vote and angered the insurance industry. Backed by SEIU, the groups say they'll put a total of $1.75 million behind the ads defending Baron Hill (IN-9), Brad Ellsworth (IN-8), Joe Donnelly (IN-2), Chris Murphy (CT-5), Joseph Cao (LA-2), Earl Pomeroy (ND-AL), Marion Berry (AR-1)  

Big Labor and pro-reform groups are hitting back with a $1.75 million ad blitz to buck up battleground Democrats targeted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for voting for the House health care reform bill, according to union sources. AUFC will be going solo, airing ads this week backing the health care yeas of Tom Perriello (D-Va.), Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), Marion Berry (D-Ark.) and Earl Pomeroy (D-ND). Later in the week, SEIU is expected to plunk down about $1 million in a nationwide ad blitz in the  

An important tax incentive on biodiesel is about to expire, and the National Biodiesel Board is scrambling to get it renewed. Biodiesel Magazine reports that the NBB is lobbying lawmakers to renew the $1-per-gallon biodiesel tax incentive, which encourages biodiesel use by making it competitive with petroleum diesel fuel. NBB argues that if the incentive is allowed to expire on December 31, 2009, biodiesel will become cost prohibitive, and domestic production and use of the green fuel will end: "The b  

Earlier today I received a tip from a reader that Rep. Earl Pomeroy had a "clandestine" meeting at AARP this morning at 9:30am.  

Bismarck , N.D. (AP) North Dakota health care executives and the state chapter of the AARP are defending Rep. Earl Pomeroy 's support of a House health care bill.  

A lot of nonprofits, including Girl Scouts, are facing huge increases in pension contributions in coming years, a combination of two factors - the market crash and the 2006 Pension Protection Act, which, among other things, shortened the time to "catch up" underfunded pensions to fully funded status.