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In Minnesota

The new Minnesota House GOP majority plans to put a heavy policy focus on rural issues where voters helped the party return to power. (MPR News)

A legislative task force is close to making recommendations on better ways to identify Minnesotans who drive without auto insurance, and how to get those people to buy coverage. (MPR News)

Advocates for Minnesota's elderly and disabled are back at the state Capitol asking for money on top of new funding they just received. (Pioneer Press)

National Politics

A long-awaited Senate report on CIA interrogation practices has been released and the details aren't pretty. (Politico)

Minnesota's congressional Democrats were concerned by the report's findings while the Republicans stayed quiet. (KARE)

Lawmakers have put the final touches on a massive government spending bill that's will likely be Congress's last major order of business for the year. (USA Today)

So what's in the spending bill? (Politico)

Healthcare economist Jonathan Gruber got metaphorically smacked around by members of Congress for comments he made about the Affordable Care Act. (Washington Post)

A bill to help reduce the number of veterans who commit suicide that was introduced by 1st District Congressman Tim Walz has passed the US House. The Senate has only a few days to act before Congress leaves town for the year. (Mankato Free Press)

Michele Bachmann has given her last speech in the U.S. House. (Star Tribune)