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U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan called for unity following a shooting that injured four people, including a top member of the House GOP leadership team. The shooting occurred Wednesday morning in suburban DC at a baseball practice for Republican lawmakers
Join the WisPolitics.com DC Wrap email list here: https://goo.gl/forms/yHxSHZVenzsss1SH2 Quotes of the week I’m not sure I’d put a bet on it. – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, last week on whether Republicans will be able to repeal and replace
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said today he’d be open to a “short-term market stabilization bill” addressing issues with the Affordable Care Act if Republicans struggle to replace the law. The Oshkosh Republican is part of the Senate Republican group working
Join the WisPolitics.com DC Wrap email list here: https://goo.gl/forms/yHxSHZVenzsss1SH2 Quotes of the week Ignoring climate change is foolish and short-sighted. Inaction will limit our country’s long-term prosperity and expose our children and grandchildren to catastrophic consequences because President Trump wants
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Dems are again slamming the Obamacare replacement bill that passed the GOP-led House following a new Congressional Budget Office score on the legislation. The CBO released its report on the amended version of the bill this afternoon, finding it would
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U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher is calling on the White House to give a “thorough account” of a meeting President Trump held with Russian officials where he was reported to have disclosed highly classified information. Gallagher, a Green Bay Republican and
— U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher today called on the White House to give a “thorough account” of a meeting President Trump held with Russian officials where he was reported to have disclosed highly classified information. Gallagher, a Green Bay Republican
This is the 10th sample of a weekly DC Wrap product from WisPolitics.com. Let us know your feedback: info@wispolitics.com. Quotes of the week I think the timing of the firing is indeed suspicious. It raises a lot of questions. And
Dem members of the congressional delegation are slamming President Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey. Baldwin noted the move comes as the FBI is investigating whether members of Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia to influence last year’s election.
Wisconsin’s House GOP Republicans are hailing the chamber’s passage Thursday of the American Health Care Act, saying it’s an important step toward the GOP promise of replacing Obamacare. The bill’s passage — on a 217-213 vote — follows weeks of
This is the ninth sample of a weekly DC Wrap product from WisPolitics.com. Let us know your feedback: info@wispolitics.com. Quotes of the week If it’s good for credit unions and it’s good for small banks, it’s good for rural America,
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U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, who said last fall he did not plan to seek a third term if he won re-election in November, raised $141,468 during the first three months of 2017, according to his filing with the FEC. It
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin saw nearly 94 percent of her total funding coming from individual contributions over the first three months of the year. Meanwhile, around $138,000 of the Madison Dem’s total $2.2 million in contributions came from committees, according
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U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin said today she’s looking to President Trump to pressure Congress to back her Buy America legislation, following a comment he made in support of her efforts yesterday. “Now that President Trump has expressed his support for
House Speaker Paul Ryan led the state’s House members in fundraising during the first quarter of the year, though U.S. Reps. Sean Duffy, Ron Kind and Mike Gallagher each raised more than $300,000. Ryan, R-Janesville, brought in more than $2.9
House Speaker Paul Ryan’s joint fundraising committee, Team Ryan, reported close to $22.5 million in receipts for the first three months of the year. The committee spent nearly $18.9 million and ended the quarter with $4.1 million in the bank.