Economy and Jobs

Today, Congresswoman Gwen Moore submitted a letter to U.S. banking regulators on behalf of a bipartisan coalition of Members of Congress from the Wisconsin delegation expressing concerns over Basel III regulatory capital requirements. Read more

By David Shuster There were fresh indications today that Democrats in Congress have rediscovered their spine in the fight to protect Social Security. The development is a gift to all of us on this -- the 77th birthday of the program. In a press call Tuesday, Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI) became the latest lawmaker to publicly defend Social Security in the 2012 election season, noting the cuts proposed by Republicans would harm most Americans, particularly people of color and women. "Social S... Read more

Washington, D.C. – This week Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4) voted in opposition to the Republican tax plan which would extend tax cuts to the very wealthiest Americans while raising taxes an average $1,000 on 25 million working families by reducing eligibility for Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit and ending the American Opportunity Tax Credit. Alternatively, Rep. Moore voted for the Democratic Substitute which would extend the middle class tax cuts and prevent tax increases on wor... Read more

BY HEATHER ANDERSONAugust 6, 2012 Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Director Donna Gambrell, Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Graves and Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) announced Monday nearly $187 million in CDFI awards to 210 organizations serving low-income communities, including 23 credit unions. The National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions also received a $1.45 million CORE grant. The fiscal year 2012 awards represent the largest single announcement of awa... Read more

This week Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4) voted in opposition to the Republican tax plan which would extend tax cuts to the very wealthiest Americans while raising taxes an average $1,000 on 25 million working families by reducing eligibility for Earned Read more

Recently the Obama Administration took a commonsense step in reforming a program that has long been in need of repair – the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Through a recent rule change the Administration will now allow states to apply for waivers that could grant them some flexibility in implementing their TANF programs. The new guidance will bolster the law and allow states to tailor their TANF programs to meet their specific needs, while making a renewed commitment to ... Read more

I am simply amazed that my Republican colleagues are once again spending several days of our short Congressional calendar debating and attempting to repeal our health care reform law. Contact: Nicole Y. Williams or Staci Cox (202) 225- 4572 Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4) joined nearly all of her Democratic colleagues in opposing a measure to repeal the landmark Affordable Care Act. “I am simply amazed that my Republican colleagues are once again spending several days o... Read more

George Zornick on July 11, 2012 - 3:28 PM ET For the thirty-third time since John Boehner took the speaker’s gavel in 2011, the House of Representatives will vote Wednesday to repeal all or part of the Affordable Care Act. (In this case, all of it.) As Republicans mount their response to the Supreme Court’s recent decision upholding most of the law, the floor has been occupied for two days with florid speeches either extolling or denouncing the legislation. In a Wednesday morning meeting with p... Read more

By Kay Steiger House Republicans voted to repeal what they dub “Obamacare” in a 244-185 vote on Wednesday, even after the Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act last month. “Same crap, different day,” Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) told Raw Story. “They’ve always been against Social Security, against Medicare, Medicaid. This is just a different day in their history of not wanting to expand the social contract for anybody other than those people who are endowed. … The su... Read more

I am so pleased that this Congress was able to work together to hammer out this bipartisan deal that will benefit the American people and help move this country forward. Contact: Nicole Y. Williams or Staci Cox (202) 225- 4572 Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4) voted in favor of the Transportation Conference Report. This legislation will keep highway programs running through September 2014, keep student loan rates low for another year and reauthorize the flood insurance pr... Read more