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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Walker spending for state plane use rises in 2017 as Dems knock short hops, DC trips Fewer bills to be signed into law this session compared
On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss House Speaker Paul Ryan’s decision to not seek re-election, Gov. SCOTT WALKER’s welfare overhaul package and the guv’s pledge to send Wisconsin troops to the nation’s southern border.
Gov. Scott Walker recently signed bills overhauling state welfare programs as Republicans in Washington, D.C. made an election-year push on welfare reform. Jensen & Chvala, the WisOpinion Insiders, debate the reasons behind the GOP efforts. Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the Wisconsin Counties Association.
The authors used two major national surveys from before the election, and combined them with deep-dive measures of racist and sexist attitudes and dissatisfaction with personal economic conditions. They concluded, “We find that while economic considerations were an important part of the story, racial attitudes and sexism were much more strongly related to support for Trump.”
Destined for greatness, so many said. Why didn’t he realize it?
He must remember that he was the reluctant speaker, who now wants to get out while the getting is good. He should leave with modesty, grace and the usual warning not to let the door hit him in his hindquarters.
The forthcoming implosion of Mr. Ryan’s party, and his imminent retreat to Wisconsin, illustrates the danger of hidebound ideological overconfidence.
Ryan must be clear: Any attempt by the president to quash the investigation of Special Counsel Robert Mueller is an attack on the rule of law. The House speaker should throw his support behind legislation to protect Mueller.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers TABLE OF CONTENTS Quotes of the week Political stock report Walker spending for state plane use rises in 2017 as Dems knock short hops, DC trips Fewer bills to be signed into law this session compared to previous two State Supreme Court to hear DPI administrative
On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss House Speaker Paul Ryan’s decision to not seek re-election, Gov. SCOTT WALKER’s welfare overhaul package and the guv’s pledge to send Wisconsin troops to the nation’s southern border.
Gov. Scott Walker recently signed bills overhauling state welfare programs as Republicans in Washington, D.C. made an election-year push on welfare reform. Jensen & Chvala, the WisOpinion Insiders, debate the reasons behind the GOP efforts. Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the Wisconsin Counties Association.
The authors used two major national surveys from before the election, and combined them with deep-dive measures of racist and sexist attitudes and dissatisfaction with personal economic conditions. They concluded, “We find that while economic considerations were an important part of the story, racial attitudes and sexism were much more strongly related to support for Trump.”
Destined for greatness, so many said. Why didn’t he realize it?
He must remember that he was the reluctant speaker, who now wants to get out while the getting is good. He should leave with modesty, grace and the usual warning not to let the door hit him in his hindquarters.
The forthcoming implosion of Mr. Ryan’s party, and his imminent retreat to Wisconsin, illustrates the danger of hidebound ideological overconfidence.
Ryan must be clear: Any attempt by the president to quash the investigation of Special Counsel Robert Mueller is an attack on the rule of law. The House speaker should throw his support behind legislation to protect Mueller.