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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,
This is the eighth sample of a weekly DC Wrap product from WisPolitics.com. Let us know your feedback: info@wispolitics.com. Also: Registration is open for a June 7 breakfast gathering at the Monocle in Washington, D.C. featuring U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan,
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.
Walker, House Speaker Paul Ryan and the state’s congressional delegation sent a letter to the Trump administration today asking for “immediate action” on an issue that’s put dozens of Wisconsin dairy farmers at risk of shutting down. The letter says
House Speaker Paul Ryan’s personal campaign committee raised $564,662 from individuals and committees in the first three months of the year, and he reported almost $9.4 million cash on hand at the end of March, according to his filing with
U.S. Rep. Ron Kind has one of the most purple congressional districts in the country, according to a new analysis from the Cook Political Report comparing how districts voted in the last two presidential races. Kind’s district was one of
U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson are taking fire from their opposing parties over their votes on President Trump’s Supreme Court nomination. The two split today on invoking the “nuclear option” in the Senate, removing the filibuster for Supreme
This is the seventh sample of a weekly DC Wrap product from WisPolitics.com. Let us know your feedback: info@wispolitics.com We’ll be taking a two-week break from DC Wrap, as Congress is on spring recess starting today, and going through April
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, acknowledged Wednesday that Republicans’ efforts to undo the Affordable Care Act are stalled for now. “We’re all at the concepts stage right now — but productive conversations,” are occurring, Ryan told a WisPolitics.com audience in
This is the sixth sample of a weekly DC Wrap product from WisPolitics.com. Let us know your feedback: info@wispolitics.com Quotes of the week This is a setback, no two ways about it. – House Speaker Paul Ryan after he pulled
Speaker Paul Ryan chalked up his House GOP health care plan’s defeat to “the growing pains of governing,” saying his caucus was still becoming used to being the majority party in Washington, D.C. “This is a setback, no two ways
U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore met with President Trump to share concerns “over a disturbing trend of disregard” for African American communities and reactions to his budget and policy agenda. Trump had invited members of the Congressional Black Caucus to meet
