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Brett Neely

The Daily Digest: MNsure’s second go around

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In Minnesota

MNsure, the state's online insurance website, had a disastrous debut a year ago, but agency officials expect the process to go much more smoothly during the second open enrollment period when it opens for business on Saturday. (MPR News)

The FBI's investigation into young Minnesotans leaving for Syria to join or fight for radical groups has put Muslim leaders on alert for terrorist recruiters. (MPR News)

It's op-ed season for the congressional delegation:

3rd District Rep. Erik Paulsen argues that eliminating the medical device tax is the first step towards "defanging Obamacare." (Wall Street Journal)

1st District Congressman Tim Walz lays out the case for why he should become the top Democrat on the House Veterans Affairs Committee ahead of a member with more seniority. (The Hill)

National Politics

President Obama will ignore angry protests from Republicans and announce as soon as next week a broad overhaul of the nation’s immigration enforcement system that will protect up to five million undocumented immigrants from the threat of deportation and provide many of them with work permits. (New York Times)

Numerous security measures that were supposed to stop a fence-jumper from getting into the White House failed on Sept. 19, according to an internal review of the event by the Secret Service. (Washington Post)

No surprise but Sen. Mitch McConnell will become the new Senate Majority Leader while Sen. Harry Reid will become the minority leader. Slightly more interesting is that Reid tapped Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren for a special leadership post to reach out to liberal Democrats. (Politico)

The leadership shuffle is good news for DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who is getting a promotion and becoming the chair of the Senate Democrat' Steering and Outreach Committee. (MPR News)