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  By  Shadee Ashtari Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) chastised House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) for his controversial comments on poverty last month, calling Ryan’s reference to conservative social scientist Charles Murray a reflection of his “ignorance” during an appearance on MSNBC’s “NewsNation”… Read more »

  By Zenitha Prince Anita Johnson, a community organizer with Citizen Action of Wisconsin, spends her days beating the streets—knocking on doors, visiting senior citizen homes, addressing congregations and other groups about changes in election laws. In previous months, her days were spent in Madison at the state capitol, testifying, agitating, shaming the… Read more »

  By David Eldridge  Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., said Tuesday the Congressional Black Caucus is open to working with House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., on bipartisan legislative action on reducing poverty. Ryan, who came under fire from black leaders after recent comments about inner-city unemployment, will hold a hearing next week examining the… Read more »

  By William Douglas WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats took advantage of the news vacuum on Capitol Hill Tuesday to attack the budget plan authored by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.,and passed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives earlier this month. In a conference call, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee,… Read more »

 By Mike Lillis   House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) will meet next week with members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) to discuss strategies for alleviating poverty. The closed-door meeting has been in the works since last month, when Ryan stirred controversy by saying poverty is caused largely by a "tailspin of culture,"… Read more »

  By Frank Thorp V After being criticized as racially insensitive for his comments on unemployment in "inner cities," House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., will meet with the Congressional Black Caucus next week to discuss the issue of poverty, an aide for the CBC says. "Congressman Ryan is a nice guy, and as such you know he has tried to frame the… Read more »

  Congressional Black Caucus and Budget Chairman Paul Ryan to meet next week. By Joyce Jones  Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wisconsin) thinks that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin), who chairs the House Budget Committee and is in line to become the next chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, is "a nice guy." The budget he proposed earlier this month is not,… Read more »

  Suggests Targeting Federal Money At Communities With Longstanding Poverty By Gilman Halsted Milwaukee Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore is joining members of the Asian Pacific and Hispanic congressional caucuses in speaking out against Janesville GOP Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan. She says the plan cuts programs for minority communities in favor of tax cuts for… Read more »

  Cassie Smedile (Rep. Duffy)cassie.smedile@mail.house.gov Staci Cox (Rep. Moore)staci.cox@mail.house.gov Washington D.C. – U.S. Representatives Sean Duffy (WI-07) and Gwen Moore (WI-04) led a delegation-wide meeting with representatives from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to address the on-going claims backlog. Following that meeting, the Wisconsin… Read more »

   By Charles Devarics  A 2015 budget plan narrowly approved by the House of Representatives late last week would impose major cuts on higher education, including a 10-year freeze on Pell grants and reduced funds for student loans. The plan from Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., House Budget Committee chairman, would cut federal spending by $5 trillion and hit… Read more »