U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid plans to host a third summit to talk about clean energy with policymakers and industry leaders in Las Vegas.

Reid said Wednesday that the Sept. 7 meeting will include White House Economic Council adviser Christina Romer, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donahue and Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens.

KIRKSVILLE, MO — Democrat Robin Carnahan brought her “Stop the Bull” campaign to Kirksville on Wednesday. In recent months, Carnahan has been traveling throughout Missouri talking about her focus on putting middle class families first and fixing what’s broken in Washington. Carnahan is currently Missouri’s Secretary of State and is running for United States Senate. “To me, Washington is broken” said Carnahan. “First thing that we need to do is get this wasteful spending under control. Second thing we need to do is focus on small businesses that create jobs and not keep bailing out the folks that are to big to fail and got us into this mess. The third thing is we got to take on this culture of corruption and that’s what I was in Kirksville talking about today.”

The Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association said this morning that it is endorsing Tarryl Clark in the 6th District Congressional race.

Clark, a state senator,is challenging U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann in what will be a wild and free-spending campaign.

In 2001, just a few months after I was elected to the United States Senate, I authored a two-year ban on oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes. Thanks to the leadership and strong support of Senator Russ Feingold, we were able to pass that ban, an extension of the ban in 2003, and a permanent ban in 2005. Russ Feingold stood with me every step of the way.

RADNOR — State Rep. Bryan Lentz, the Democratic candidate for the 7th Congressional District, discussed his plans for the nation’s economic recovery during a town hall forum Saturday afternoon.

“The No. 1 issue throughout this country and particularly this district is jobs,” said Lentz, while addressing a group of residents at the Wayne Art Center off Maplewood Avenue.

Earlier this month, I had the privilege of visiting a manufacturing company in North Mankato that, believe it or not, exports some of its products to China instead of the other way around.

Thin Film Technology, a leading provider of high-performance electronic components, was originally owned by a Japanese company that laid off scores of workers before trying to close it. About 18 employees from the area were able to convince the parent company to sell Thin Film. Today, the firm is employee-owned and is working to keep jobs in our local community.

U.S. Rep. Tim Walz wants to offer tax credits to employers who hire veterans.

“We as a nation not only owe it to (veterans), but we owe it to the country to get them back into the work force,” Walz said Saturday during a stop in Winona. “These are our best employees and our most committed employees.”

Thank you!

I want to thank Stephanie for that introduction, and for so much more.

I am so fortunate to know her – and even more fortunate to have had her come to Minnesota to run my campaign.

Anywhere Stephanie goes, good things happen, and I’m so happy that she’s now at EMILY’s List, a fantastic organization that deserves the same kind of success I had with Stephanie.

Sen. Harry Reid picked up momentum Saturday in his race for re-election, securing an endorsement from Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman and solidifying his standing with progressive bloggers and activists, who could be instrumental in helping him raise money and earn votes.

Reid arrived to Las Vegas from Washington, D.C., early Saturday for a whirlwind day of meet-and-greets, tours and speeches. His day started out with an endorsement from Goodman.

Officials broke ground Saturday on a new residence hall that will provide 196 units of affordable housing for low-income veterans near Los Angeles International Airport.

With airplanes thundering overhead in close range — sometimes as often as one minute apart — U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, Sen. Barbara Boxer, Victoria Reggie Kennedy (the wife of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy) and veterans from each branch of the Armed Services celebrated the $34.9-million project, which is expected to open in the fall of 2011.