Sen. Carpenter: Republicans refuse to work across the aisle

(MADISON)—Today, Senator Tim Carpenter issued the following statement on the Republican legislator’s partisan refusal to work across the aisle with their colleagues in the legislature and the governor: “The Do-Nothing Republican Legislature has deliberately refused to work with Governor Evers

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Biden Campaign: Ahead of visit, Rep. Billings, La Crosse Dem Party chair, and WFU president call out Trump for pandemic response and China policy

(WISCONSIN) — Ahead of Donald Trump’s visit to West Salem, Rep. Jill Billings, La Crosse County Democratic Party Chair Michael Smuksta, and Wisconsin Farmers Union President Darin Von Ruden held a video press conference to call out Trump for his failed response to the coronavirus pandemic and his chaotic trade wars

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Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty: Walker-era FoodShare reforms lowered unemployment, boosted labor force participation

The News: A new study from the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) finds Wisconsin’s 2015 FoodShare reforms that established work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents resulted in increases in labor force participation between 2015 and 2019. The statistical analysis finds the reforms increased labor force participation by nearly 0.6% in

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Biden Campaign: U.S. Sens. Udall, Warren say Supreme Court power grab threatens Native health care during the pandemic in CNN op-ed

Yesterday, in an op-ed for CNN, Senators Tom Udall and Elizabeth Warren outlined the dire consequences for Indian Country if Donald Trump and Senate Republicans are successful in nominating Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. With millions of ballots cast, and Native communities disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic,

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U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Democratic leadership request Pence abandon reckless plan to preside over Senate after multiple COVID-19 exposures

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, the Senate Democratic Conference Secretary, joined her fellow members of Senate Democratic Leadership to call on Vice President Mike Pence, following his recent exposure to COVID-19, to abandon plans to preside over Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation vote to the Supreme Court. Five of the Vice

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Sen. Carpenter: Republicans refuse to work across the aisle

(MADISON)—Today, Senator Tim Carpenter issued the following statement on the Republican legislator’s partisan refusal to work across the aisle with their colleagues in the legislature and the governor: “The Do-Nothing Republican Legislature has deliberately refused to work with Governor Evers since even before he took office. In the winter of

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