MILWAUKEE, WI — At a time when Americans need affordable health insurance the most, Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court one week after Election Day to take health insurance away from more than 20 million Americans and eliminate the financial assistance and the consumer protections provided by the Affordable Care Act. Republicans in the Senate have just put an anti-ACA Justice on the court. In the four years since Donald Trump took office, he has relentlessly attacked the Affordable Care Act, resulting in millions of Americans losing insurance coverage. Now, as our nation faces the worst public health crisis

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Elections Commission today released its list of the top things Wisconsin voters should know for the General Election on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The Wisconsin Elections Commission unanimously recommends all voters wear face coverings for voting on Election Day, but they are not required. The WEC has developed public health guidance with the assistance of public health officials from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services that face coverings are recommended for use by voters, poll workers and observers on Election Day. The Executive Order issued by the Governor on July 30, 2020 that requires face

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of tomorrow’s 20th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Security Resolution (UNSCR) 1325, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) led a group of Senators in sending a letter to President Donald Trump, underscoring the critical importance of promoting women’s rights and ensuring women’s active participation in the ongoing Afghan peace negotiations. The UNSCR resolution, which was adopted on October 31, 2000, reaffirms the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, peace negotiations, peacebuilding and peacekeeping, humanitarian response and post-conflict recovery. It also stresses the importance of women’s full involvement in all efforts

MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Wisconsin physicians criticized President Trump for continuing to hold crowded campaign rallies, including one today in Green Bay, that increase the risk of COVID-19 spreading into communities that are experiencing more cases of deaths and sickness. “Physicians across Wisconsin have repeatedly begged President Trump to stop coming to states that are seeing COVID-19 spread like wildfire and to start taking this pandemic seriously,” said Dr. Robert Freedland, MD, Wisconsin State Lead for the Committee to Protect Medicare and ophthalmologist in La Crosse. “As physicians, we see too much suffering and too many people dying from COVID-19. We

Madison – Taxpayers should see an average income tax cut of $177 thanks to decisions made by the Republican-led legislature to apply any increase in sales tax revenue from out-of-state retailers and marketplace providers to reduce individual income tax rates. Wisconsin took in an estimated increase of $257.3 million in sales taxes from online retailers and marketplace providers from October 1, 2019, to September 30, 2020. On Friday, the non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau released estimates for individual tax cuts resulting from the increased sales tax revenue. State Senator Alberta Darling says the tax cuts will help working families. “Governor Evers

Senators will work together to confront a corporate system oriented toward boosting short-term stock market returns at the expense of long-term resiliency, investment, and workers WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Mark Warner (D-VA) announced the formation of a working group to develop legislative proposals and conduct oversight focused on fundamentally reforming corporate governance. Over the last 30 years, corporate profits have surged while the portion shared with labor has declined, resulting in soaring inequality. The COVID-19 pandemic now ravaging the country has underscored the urgency of reforming corporate practices that

“Trump and the Republican Party won’t take COVID seriously, they haven’t,  and so the only way we can end this nightmare is by electing new leaders.” (WISCONSIN) — Ahead of Donald Trump’s visit to Green Bay, 90th Assembly District Candidate Kristina Shelton, Rhonda Noble — who has experienced the long term effects of COVID-19 as her son continues to battle the virus, and former meat packer Jarrett Brown held a video press conference to slam Trump for his failed response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has lead to a public health “nightmare” and has gutted Wisconsin’s industries. Trump has no plan