Gwen Moore Opposes Republican Tax Plan Which Favors Millionaires over Middle Class

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 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.…

CDFI Fund Awards Include 23 Credit Unions

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 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…

State Waivers for TANF Can Provide True Pathway Out of Poverty

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 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…

Gwen Moore Opposes Repeal of Affordable Care Act

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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…

Democrats Think the Tables Are Turning on the ACA, and Some Predict a Public Option

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 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…

Wisconsin Dem slams passage of House •Obamacare repeal bill

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 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,…

Gwen Moore Supports Transportation Conference Report

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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…

Republican fairytales and the truth about the •war on women

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 Republicans insist the Democrats’ claim of a “war on women” is simply a fairytale. Yet every week the GOP pushes another anti-woman policy that proves that this fairytale is reality. This week, my Senate GOP colleagues blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act, a bill that would have ensured women earn equal pay for equal work. Sounds simple enough, but not to my…

JP Morgan provides opportunity to reflect on Orderly Liquidation Facility

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 By Rep. Gwen S. Moore (D-Wis.) The news of unexpected losses at JP Morgan should provide renewed support for a Dodd-Frank provision that strikes at the heart of the problem of “too big to fail”. When my Financial Services Committee colleagues and I were debating Wall Street Reform, one of our top priorities was to provide a workable system for allowing…

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