Schimel, Crawford offer contrasts in separate Wisconsin Counties Association appearances 

Conservative Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel says he doesn’t have any agenda to work with anyone, despite Elon Musk-affiliated groups spending millions on ads and mail backing Schimel.  Meanwhile, liberal Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford slammed Schimel as the “most extreme candidate to ever run for this office” and knocked Musk’s efforts to back him.

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WisDems: Derrick Van Orden lies, numbers don’t

MADISON, Wis. — Derrick Van Orden insists he “will have no part” in cutting Medicaid. Unfortunately, the budget resolution he voted for last night makes it almost impossible for Congress to avoid cutting Medicaid. Under the resolution supported by Van Orden last night, Republicans

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U.S. Rep. Pocan: Offers to join public town halls to debate with WI GOP members who voted for gutting Medicaid, food assistance, & education

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) challenged Wisconsin’s Congressional Republicans to defend their position after they voted for the $4.5 trillion transfer of wealth from everyday American working families to the richest Americans. “My Republican colleagues must justify their votes

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U.S. Rep. Fitzgerald: Introduces legislation targeting the regulatory state

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) introduced two pieces of legislation aimed at reining in excessive regulatory burdens from the administrative state. Making the CFPB Accountable to Small Businesses Act Congressman Scott Fitzgerald introduced the Making the CFPB Accountable to Small Businesses Act, legislation that would require the Consumer Financial

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DNC War Room: House Republicans pass budget bill that cuts health care, food assistance for Wisconsin families to give tax handouts to billionaires 

Last night, House Republicans pushed forward their budget resolution bill that puts billionaires first and working families last. Trump and his congressional allies like Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05), Rep. Glenn Grothman (WI-06), Rep. Bryan Steil (WI-01), Rep. Tom Tiffany (WI-07), Rep. Derrick Van Orden (WI-03), and Rep. Tony Wied (WI-08)

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Schimel, Crawford offer contrasts in separate Wisconsin Counties Association appearances 

Conservative Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel says he doesn’t have any agenda to work with anyone, despite Elon Musk-affiliated groups spending millions on ads and mail backing Schimel.  Meanwhile, liberal Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford slammed Schimel as the “most extreme candidate to ever run for this office” and knocked Musk’s efforts to back him.

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UW-Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs: Linda Thomas-Greenfield, former Ambassador to the UN, to speak at UW–Madison on April 1

MADISON – Join the UW–Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs on Tuesday, April 1 at 7 p.m. at the Memorial Union in Madison for a public presentation from Linda Thomas-Greenfield on The Art of Negotiation. In a moderated conversation with La Follette School Director Susan Webb Yackee, Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield will share

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Wisconsin Conservation Voters: LCV releases 2024 National Environmental Scorecard

MADISON – Wisconsin Conservation Voters’ national affiliate the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) has announced the scores for Wisconsin’s delegation in the 2024 National Environmental Scorecard. The scorecard highlights how some members of Congress supported environmental protection and democracy, while others failed to do so. The 2024 scorecard, based on votes on critical

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Reps. Bare, Hong, and Cruz: Joint press release on Republicans’ requests to local governments about diversity, equity, and inclusion

Today, Democratic members of the Wisconsin State Assembly’s Government Operations, Accountability, and Transparency Committee sent the attached letter to Republican Chair Amanda Nedweski (R-Pleasant Prairie) after learning that a member of the Committee, State Representative Shae Sortwell (R-Two Rivers), had sent requests to local governments for information on their work

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Sen. Roys, Rep. Brown: Circulate legislation to prevent price collusion by landlords

MADISON — As Wisconsinites face rising costs and threatened cuts to healthcare and education resulting from the chaos created by the Trump presidency, State Senator Kelda Roys (D-Madison) and Rep. Brienne Brown (D-Whitewater) circulated legislation Wednesday for co-sponsorship that would prohibit tech-enabled price fixing schemes.  Old-fashioned monopolies suggest smoke-filled rooms

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U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Demands Trump’s USDA restart payments guaranteed to 88 Wisconsin dairy farmers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) demanded the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) restart payments already committed to Wisconsin Dairy Business Innovation (DBI) Initiative recipients. Baldwin’s call comes as bipartisan federal funding that was approved by Congress, signed into law, and already awarded to farmers has been halted

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A Better Wisconsin Together: GOP state lawmakers join national right-wing push to take away healthcare, fund billionaire tax cuts: A Better Wisconsin Together reacts

MADISON, Wis. — Last night, Republican lawmakers in Washington D.C. voted to slash Medicaid, threatening the healthcare benefits of millions, all to fund a tax cut for billionaires like Elon Musk. Today, Wisconsin’s GOP state legislative leader Robin Vos joined this effort at a press conference opposing efforts to expand affordable

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WisGOP: Complaint filed over Crawford’s campaign promise to sell Van Orden & Steil congressional seats

MADISON, Wis. — In case you missed it, the dangerously liberal candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court, Susan Crawford, and WisDems offered to hand Republican congressional seats to Democrats if Democrat donors helped her out. A blatant disregard for the judicial code. Recently, a concerned citizen filed a complaint with the Wisconsin Judicial Commission

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Crawford campaign: ICYMI: ‘Partisan stripe doesn’t matter to us’: 44 former Assistant Attorneys General Endorse Judge Susan Crawford for Wisconsin Supreme Court

MADISON, Wis. – In case you missed it, 44 former Assistant Attorneys General endorsed Judge Susan Crawford’s campaign for the Wisconsin Supreme Court yesterday, calling on Wisconsinites to once again reject Brad Schimel for the Supreme Court. The Assistant Attorneys General called out Brad Schimel’s failure to test a backlog of

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WisDems: Derrick Van Orden lies, numbers don’t

MADISON, Wis. — Derrick Van Orden insists he “will have no part” in cutting Medicaid. Unfortunately, the budget resolution he voted for last night makes it almost impossible for Congress to avoid cutting Medicaid. Under the resolution supported by Van Orden last night, Republicans are demanding the House Energy & Commerce Committee make $880

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Climate Power: Congressman Derrick Van Orden votes to move forward bill that raises prices and kills jobs in Wisconsin

Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, House members voted on a budget bill that puts America’s clean energy investments on the chopping block, only to fund more tax cuts for billionaires. While the details remain secret, Republican Speaker Johnson has pledged that the bill will cover Trump’s entire policy agenda, including crushing American

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U.S. Rep. Pocan: Offers to join public town halls to debate with WI GOP members who voted for gutting Medicaid, food assistance, & education

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) challenged Wisconsin’s Congressional Republicans to defend their position after they voted for the $4.5 trillion transfer of wealth from everyday American working families to the richest Americans. “My Republican colleagues must justify their votes to cut healthcare for up to a million Wisconsinites on

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Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association: Calls on USDA to release critical DBIA funding

MADISON, WI – Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA) today sent a letter calling on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins to immediately release Congressionally-directed funding for the successful Dairy Business Innovation (DBI) Initiatives. Agency officials confirmed a program freeze yesterday, action which jeopardizes $28.6 million in grant funding and stan… Please

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