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Pat Garofalo
In this Jan. 25, 2011 photo, State Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington, holds up Milo, a puppy from a Farmington animal shelter, as he testified before a House Tax Committee at the State Capitol, in St. Paul, Minn. Garofalo introduced a bill that would exempt animal shelter pets from the statewide sales tax.
AP Photo/Jim Mone

This week brought us the president's State of the Union address and Morning Edition traveled to Washington D.C. to guage Minnesota's power.

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Grandmother and granddaughter
Gail Lauderbaugh, 71, of Bemidji, seen here on Jan. 24, 2011, took in her granddaughter Nikki, 11, and her two siblings back in 2000. MPR's Tom Robertson reported this week on the more than 22,000 Minnesota grandparents that were the primary caregivers for their grandchildren in 2009.
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Pat Garofalo
In this Jan. 25, 2011 photo, State Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington, holds up Milo, a puppy from a Farmington animal shelter, as he testified before a House Tax Committee at the State Capitol, in St. Paul, Minn. Garofalo introduced a bill that would exempt animal shelter pets from the statewide sales tax.
AP Photo/Jim Mone
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Congresswoman Bachmann in Des Moines
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann shakes hands with Jim Ervin of Urbandale, Ia. after speaking at the Iowans for Tax Relief PAC Reception in Des Moines, Ia. Friday, Jan. 21, 2011. Bachmann delivered her own response to the president's State of the Union speech on Tuesday night.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson