Walt Minnick for Idaho 1st Congressional District

Momentum grows for Walt’s re-election

2009-10-13T11:07:00-07:00

Across the First Congressional District, Idahoans are more convinced than ever that Walt Minnick is the right person to serve as their representative. Consider some of the recent news stories about the amazing work Walt has done, showing the same kind of effective, bipartisan leadership he promised to take to Washington, D.C.:

- Walt is a leader in the House of an effort to post bills online at least 72 hours before votes, so citizens can examine legislation. (New York Times)
- Walt is one of the key players in an overhaul of our regulatory system, and is working on legislation to hold Wall Street accountable while protecting small institutions here in Idaho. (Politico)
- Walt has held more town hall meetings than anyone else in Idaho, talking about everything from auditing the federal reserve to the status of health-care legislation. (NIC Sentinel)
- And Walt has joined all Idahoans in calling for a free democracy in China by passing out of the House a resolution calling on the Chinese government to release a pro-democracy activist. (Fox12)

A message from Steny Hoyer, House Majority Leader

2009-09-14T10:26:00-07:00

Dear friend:

I am so pleased by the work of my friend and colleague, Walt Minnick. From his first days in the U.S. House of Representatives, it was clear that Walt would not only be one of the most diligent, hardworking members of Congress, but that he would also be a huge asset to our caucus thanks to his intellect and experience.

I am proud to support Walt Minnick, and I want you to support him, too. One of the very best things you can do to demand more fiscal accountability, effective government and creative thinking in Congress is to help re-elect Walt Minnick.

Click here to contribute $250, $100, $50 or $25.

As Walt likes to say, he has not been a Congressman long, but he has been a businessman for most of his life. That experience is very valuable to me and to the U.S. House of Representatives, as we work to turn our nation back to the right path. Like you and I, Walt wants the federal government to pay for what it spends.

Although Walt and I disagree on some issues, we stand shoulder-to-shoulder in the belief that matters most: standing up for your convictions and doing what’s right for your district. Whether it was refusing to accept earmarks, helping take the lead on complex financial regulatory reform or cutting red tape to help schoolchildren back home, Walt believes with all his heart that he was sent here to get the job done.

We must keep Walt Minnick in Congress. Please help by donating today.

Unfortunately, despite Walt’s outstanding record for Idaho as the most independent member of Congress, and as one of the most effective freshman in recent memory, he has a target on his back for no other reason than the letter after his name. That’s the kind of partisan politics we need to end, and one of the best ways to do it is to send a message by helping re-elect Walt Minnick.

He needs your help now.

Click here to contribute $250, $100, $50 or $25.

Very truly yours,
Steny Hoyer
House Majority Leader
Congressman, D-Maryland

We can do better than ‘cap and trade’

2009-09-08T01:44:00-07:00

On being as independent as Idaho

2009-09-08T01:40:00-07:00

Earmarks are wrong for America, and wrong for Idaho

2009-09-08T01:38:00-07:00

No company is ‘too big to fail’

2009-09-08T01:30:00-07:00

Voting against the stimulus, but for fiscal accountability

2009-09-08T01:14:00-07:00

Did you miss it? Walt on NewsHour/PBS

2009-08-25T10:22:00-07:00

Walt was featured on the nightly PBS news show, “NewsHour.” The piece focused on health care and on Walt’s hard work to represent the diverse people and places of Idaho’s First Congressional District.

You can read a transcript of the piece here, and can watch it by clicking here.

Walt helps get a ‘win’ for Idaho dairies

2009-08-15T02:17:01-07:00

Walt spends August on economic ‘blitz’

2009-08-13T02:20:00-07:00

Did you see Walt on CNN?

2009-08-10T02:12:00-07:00

Last week Walt once again brought Idaho onto the national stage thanks to his strong stance for fiscal accountability and responsible, effective government. This time it was the Sunday show on CNN, “State of the Union” with John King. The crew visited beautiful St. Maries to meet with voters and talk about the coming election year.

There are two clips. You can watch the main story by clicking here and extended interviews with local residents by clicking here.

Walt makes case for health-care reform

2009-08-06T02:24:00-07:00

Congress must pay for what it spends

2009-08-05T02:10:00-07:00

Walt helps save an Idaho institution

2009-07-01T10:53:01-07:00

The backcountry and our state’s rugged wilderness is very much a part of Idaho’s great way of life. But that way of life came under attack by Washington bureaucrats when they decided to suspend critical air-mail service to remote regions of Idaho’s First Congressional District. That is, until Walt Minnick got involved.

The decision to terminate the contract was made at Postal Service headquarters in Washington, more than 2,500 miles away, said Al DeSarro, a spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service Western Region in Denver. “They probably did not understand,” DeSarro said. “The initial decision was made with the thinking that there was going to be an acceptable alternative.”

Click here to read the entire story.

Standing up for our Veterans

2009-06-14T10:39:00-07:00

One of the highlights of Walt’s time in office was the opportunity to help a veteran who was long-overdue for a ‘thank you’ from a grateful nation.

Minnick was contacted by (Kenneth) Keene’s daughter, Sandra Wicker, in 2008 while campaigning in northcentral Idaho and learned that the former aerospace worker had been trying to secure his medals for about five years, but to no avail. (Read the entire story here.)

But Walt got it done.

An American medic who landed on Iwo Jima, dodged bullets on the beach and watched friends die in one of World War II’s bloodiest battles is getting a belated thank-you from the U.S. Navy: Four medals he should have received before he left the service in 1945 but didn’t finally arrived Saturday.