WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Chris Murphy (D-CT) sent a letter to Senate leadership urging the inclusion of ideas from their legislation, the Rebuilding Main Street Act, within the next relief package. The Rebuilding Main Street Act would incentivize and expand the use of the Work Share program, which allows businesses and nonprofits to bring employees back at reduced hours, while employees continue to receive unemployment insurance for their remaining hours. The legislation also provides grants to small businesses and nonprofits that utilize the program to help them cover the costs of operating during

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the U.S. Census Bureau already struggling to administer the 2020 Census amid the pandemic, the Trump administration this week announced that it will cut Census data collection operations short by one month. U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and her colleagues, led by Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), say cutting the count short by a month will be devastating to the accuracy of the 2020 Census and disproportionately impact hard-to-count communities. The Senators penned a letter to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross urging the Trump administration to reverse the effort to end the count a month early. The once a decade

Madison, WI. – To celebrate the centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment being added to the Constitution on August 26th, the Wisconsin Historical Society, along with First Lady Kathy Evers, are posting a video series on social media that takes the viewer through the history of the suffrage movement celebrating the stories of Wisconsin women and their fight for voting rights. A new video will be posted each week leading up to August 26. “The centennial anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment is a cause for both celebration and reflection.  We celebrate 100 years of allowing women the right

Brookfield, WI –  What does it take for a a person to run for Congress?  At first glance, one might assert that it takes a great deal of money and political backing.  Or, one might prefer a “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” approach, where the ideals of an honest young man win over the corruption of government.  In reality, political campaigns are an endless succession of “in the trenches” work days, and there is always somebody waiting for the politician to make a mistake or say something he/she doesn’t agree with. In America, seats in the House of Representatives are contested

La Crosse, WI – Yesterday, Rep. Ron Kind sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Peter Gaynor and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar urging them to work swiftly to provide appropriate PPE to nursing homes and other long-term care facilities in Wisconsin. This comes amid reports that Wisconsin nursing homes received defective and unusable PPE from FEMA, including expired gloves and garbage bags meant to be used as gowns. Nursing homes are reporting severe shortages of PPE and have not been able to obtain sufficient equipment through their normal suppliers. Additionally, facilities are being forced to pay significantly higher prices for PPE than they were before the pandemic. Over 40% of deaths related

[Madison, WI] – In case you missed it, anonymous donors stepped forward to offer a $20,000 reward for anyone who comes forward to authorities with information related to the suspect of Bernell Trammell’s murder. The donors came forward after hearing about Bernell Trammell’s murder on the Ingraham Angle on Fox News Channel after Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman, Andrew Hitt, called for a federal investigation into Bernell Trammell’s murder. Trammell was murdered outside his storefront in Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood on Thursday, July 23. Police released photos of the suspect in Trammell’s murder who is described as a man in his

Washington, D.C. – The Congressional Integrity Project (CIP) launched its first ad buy today, targeting Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) for his years of corruption and self-dealing in Congress. The full-page ad, which will run this Sunday in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Wisconsin State Journal, and Johnson’s hometown paper, the Oshkosh Northwestern, highlights how Johnson has used his office to help grow his personal wealth by as much as 100% while ignoring the priorities of Wisconsinites, like COVID-19 relief and election security. “In the Senate, Ron Johnson has consistently prioritized his personal fortune, his family’s business assets, and his political