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   Contact: Staci Cox(202) 225- 4572  Washington, D.C. (LINK) – Today, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4) released the following statement commemorating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month.  “Each year in June we celebrate the LGBT community and our progress towards realizing full equality for all people regardless of whom… Read more »

  By Reilly Dowd   It is the unemployment version of the national debt clock. On this “Witness Wednesday,” the number ticked up to 3,095,023 long-term unemployed Americans during an event Republicans consider a publicity stunt but Democrats see as central to their midterm message. The rising tally is of the number of those cut off from emergency… Read more »

  By Alex Davis  YWCA Bradford leaders took local domestic violence concerns to the federal government last week. Local YWCA representatives spent June 11-15 in Washington as part of the YWCA USA’s 2014 Annual Conference and Women of Distinction Gala.   The YWCA, the oldest and largest multicultural women’s organization in the world, has a… Read more »

  Wisconsin’s congressional representatives in Washington are pressing the U.S. attorney general on marriage benefits for hundreds of gay couples. Senator Tammy Baldwin and Representatives Ron Kind, Gwen Moore and Mark Pocan sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday. They are asking Holder to recognize the 550-plus couples who wed recently in Wisconsin… Read more »

  The nation's attorney general is being asked to give federal recognition to the 500-plus same-sex weddings in Wisconsin this month.  Among other things, it could give those couples a federal income tax break by letting them file jointly.  U.S. Senate Democrat Tammy Baldwin of Madison and Wisconsin House Democrats Ron Kind of La Crosse, Gwen Moore of Milwaukee,… Read more »

  The nation's attorney general is being asked to give federal recognition to the 500-plus same-sex weddings in Wisconsin this month. Among other things, it could give those couples a federal income tax break by letting them file jointly. U-S Senate Democrat Tammy Baldwin and Wisconsin House Democrats Ron Kind, Gwen Moore, and Mark Pocan wrote to Attorney General Eric… Read more »

  4 Politicians Ask Government To Grant Things Like Pensions, Social Security, And Housing Allowances  By Mike Simonson  Wisconsin’s Democratic congressional delegation – which includes U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, as well as Reps. Mark Pocan, Gwen Moore, and Ron Kind – has sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder asking for federal… Read more »

  WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Center for Effective Government (formerly OMB Watch) issued the following news release: Starting today and running until July 30, leaders and advocates from a wide range of backgrounds will gather weekly on the House Triangle in Washington, DC at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time for "Witness Wednesdays." There, they will read the stories of… Read more »

   Wisconsin Democrats on June 16 asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to recognize the marriages of same-sex couples in the state for federal purposes. Such a decision from the U.S. Justice Department would not be unprecedented. Hundreds of same-sex couples in Wisconsin obtained marriage licenses beginning June 6, after a federal judge ruled the state's… Read more »

  By Michelle Johnson  MILWAUKEE — The four Democratic members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday to recognize the marriages of more than 500 gay couples who recently wed in the state. Couples began marrying June 6 after a federal judge declared Wisconsin’s ban on gay marriage… Read more »