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  By Wisconsin Gazette   The U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 ruled that some for-profit private corporations, including the arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby, can deny coverage of birth control to their employees based on the religious beliefs of the business owners. The 5-4 decision of the court brought this reaction from Tanya Atkinson, vice president of public… Read more »

  By Nicole Duran  MOORE, DUFFY OUTLINE VIEWS ON EXPORT-IMPORT BANK DEBATE  The latest bane of Tea Party-leaning Republicans is the Export-Import Bank, which helps U.S. companies finance exports.  They want to shutter the 80-year-old bank, whose congressional charter expires Sept. 30, saying it's a waste of taxpayer money that picks winners and… Read more »

   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 »