In this week’s DC Wrap: Dem presidential nominee Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz visit Milwaukee, GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance stops in Kenosha, and Wisconsin Democrats gather in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention.
— In this week’s DC Wrap: Green Bay businessman Tony Wied and Eau Claire nonprofit leader Rebecca Cooke secure primary wins in the 8th and 3rd CDs and JD Vance is set to visit Milwaukee tomorrow for a campaign stop.
In this week’s DC Wrap: Wisconsin’s Dem congressional members remain supportive of President Joe Biden’s reelection bid despite calls from some in their party for him to step aside.
In this week’s DC Wrap: Wisconsin Republicans vote to hold AG Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for not releasing recordings of President Joe Biden’s interviews with Special Counsel Robert Hur, an effort Dems opposed.
In this week’s DC Wrap: U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, and Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, split on advancing a bill aiming to safeguard contraception access, and Wisconsin’s Congress members react to charges filed by Attorney General Josh Kaul against three people
In this week’s DC Wrap: U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, voices support for a border bill the Senate is set to vote on today, and U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, knocks the measure as a “political stunt.”
In this week’s DC Wrap: Wisconsin House Dems oppose a resolution condemning the Biden administration for an “open border crisis” and U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Janesville, criticizes an agreement between UW-Milwaukee leaders and pro-Palestinian protesters.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, says while she supports the right to peacefully protest, “no one is above the law and protests cannot threaten the safety of others or accept those who spew horrific antisemitism.” Police removed tents from an
The package, which passed 79-18, has already been signed into law by President Biden. Johnson posted on X that he was voting no because the package “doesn’t secure our border and further plunders our children’s future.”
U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, and Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, split this week as the Dem-led Senate voted to dismiss articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The chamber voted 51-48 along party lines to dismiss the first articles
The House Republican Israel Caucus member in an email newsletter said he visited various places in Israel that saw fierce combat, such as the Nova Music Festival in Re’im, where Hamas in its October 7 attack killed hundreds of civilians
House Administration Committee Chair Bryan Steil argues Congress’s budget process would be better with an automatic base funding rule like Wisconsin has. The Janesville Republican at a WisPolitics DC breakfast event today said the budget cycle in the nation’s Capitol
Wisconsin House Dems joined the minority in a failed attempt to block GOP U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher’s bill that could ban TikTok if the popular social media platform doesn’t cut ties with CCP-linked parent company ByteDance. U.S. Reps. Mark Pocan,
In this week’s DC Wrap: U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua, was the only member of Congress from Wisconsin to vote against a $459 billion package to fund the government ahead of a Saturday deadline.
The House in a second attempt successfully voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas with U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher again joining Dems against the push.
Wisconsin’s House members split along party lines this week on a bill to provide $17.6 billion to Israel in its ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza as the measure failed 250-180. The vote came after House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.,
State Rep. Katrina Shankland tells WisPolitics Capitol Chats that 3rd CD freshman Cong. Derrick Van Orden isn’t serving his constituents, arguing he has been in the news repeatedly for “all the wrong reasons.” Shankland is one of three Dems in
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In this week’s DC Wrap: Three Wisconsin Republicans vote with their GOP committee colleagues to approve resolutions to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with their subpoenas.
U.S. Reps. Gwen Moore and Mark Pocan were the only Wisconsin House members who cast “present” votes on a resolution condemning the drastic rise of antisemitism. The only two Wisconsin Dem in the House weren’t the only who refused to
