WASHINGTON, DC – $6.9 billion in disaster relief funding passed last week in the US Senate as a stand alone, unfunded bill faces an uncertain future this week in the House. Congressman Berg (R-ND) will need to decide whether or not to follow the votes of his North Dakota colleagues in the Senate and push [...]
BISMARCK, ND – Conservative activist Duane Sand said today that he would not rule out a primary challenge to Congressman Rick Berg if he does not secure the NDGOP convention’s endorsement in the race. This morning, Sand released his official announcement that he will be challenging Berg at the NDGOP nominating convention next March. This [...]
FARGO, ND – “I feel good about this because it sets the framework under some real key principles,” said Congressman Rick Berg, “but the most important thing to me is that we are going to have a vote on a balanced budget amendment in the House and the Senate in the next three months, and [...]
WASHINGTON, DC – “It makes that we are actually accomplishing something. If we sat back and voted ‘No’ on everything, we certainly wouldn’t get any further towards spending cuts and getting our fiscal house in order,” said South Dakota Congresswoman Kristi Noem (R). Echoing Republican Deputy Whip Kevin Brady (R-TX), Noem told radio host Scott [...]
FARGO, ND – Bette Grande, a conservative legislator from Fargo, has confirmed that she is seriously evaluating whether or not to make a 2012 bid for the US House seat that former legislative colleague Rick Berg currently holds. Berg announced several months ago that he is seeking the NDGOP endorsement to run for the US [...]
WASHINGTON, DC – Friday afternoon, while the House was scrambling to secure votes on the Budget Control Act of 2011, ND Senator John Hoeven addressed the Senate floor, calling on his colleagues to support the plan in the Senate as well. After revised CBO figures came back showing only $907 billion in savings for the [...]
WASHINGTON, DC – Up until late this afternoon, ND Congressman Rick Berg (R) had stayed silent on whether or not he would support Speaker John Boehner’s controversial Budget Control Act of 2011, saying only that he was still studying the proposal. This afternoon, Berg announced that he will be voting for the plan once it [...]
WASHINGTON, DC – “Once again, Washington has failed to recognize the unique needs of rural communities,” Congressman Rick Berg commented on a new federal proposal to require farmers transporting crops and equipment to hold commercial drivers’ licenses (CDL). “Every new regulation means new costs for our farmers and ranchers, and imposing a one-size-fits-all policy will [...]
WASHINGTON, DC – North Dakota’s Congressman Rick Berg said today that he continues to support the cut, cap and balance plan which he co-sponsored, and he will be reviewing both Boehner’s and Reid’s plans in closer detail today. “We need a plan that makes significant spending cuts and reforms and works to balance the budget,” [...]
WASHINGTON, DC – “It is very frustrating out here. In North Dakota things are very honest, open, and everyone understands it,” said Congressman Rick Berg. “But out here it is really just spread the rhetoric and point the finger at someone else, rather than really diving into the problem and finding solutions.” Asked what he [...]