Wisconsin's House delegation Thursday split along party lines as lawmakers passed the budget authored by U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan. All five Wisconsin Republicans supported the Ryan budget, while the state's three Dems were opposed. The bill passed 219-205, with 12 Republicans joining Dems in voting against the measure. Ryan, R-Janesville, said in remarks prior to the vote that his proposal would empower the public rather than the government, slamming Dem alternatives as "paternalistic, arrogant and ...
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By Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc. March 23, 2014 Contact: Staci Cox (202) 225- 4572 Gwen Moore Celebrates Affordable Care Act Benefits for Women Milwaukee, WI - Today Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4) released this statement celebrating Women's History Month and the fourth anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. "Beginning with my mother, there are many women who have had an indelible impact on my life. I am grateful to them and to the countless women who have shaped our nation. While ...
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By Rep. Gwen Moore This Friday marks the one-year anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization being signed into law. As the House sponsor of the strong, bipartisan Senate VAWA update, I can tell you that this was a victory hard-fought and one that women should be proud of. I witnessed the tireless grassroots work of our advocates, the bravery of victims coming forward to share their stories, and the fellowship of women all across our country. The battle cry was clear: s...
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By The Stream Team For the first time since 1978, three Native-American tribes are able to prosecute non-Natives for domestic violence committed on tribal land. The Pascua Yaqui in Arizona, the Tulalip in Washington, and the Umatilla in Oregon were selected earlier this month to participate in a pilot program authorized by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 that went into effect Thursday. The criminal jurisdiction granted to these three tribes will eventually be extended to ...
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Today the House decided to choose a new direction. I urge more of my colleagues across the aisle to join Democrats in moving our nation forward.
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By Sari Horwitz In WHITE EARTH NATION, Minn. — Lisa Brunner remembers the first time she saw her stepfather beat her mother. She was 4 years old, cowering under the table here on the Ojibwe reservation, when her stepfather grabbed his shotgun from the rack. She heard her mother scream, “No, David! No!” “He starts beating my mother over the head and I could hear the sickening thud of the butt of the shotgun over her head,” Brunner said. “Then he put the gun back on the rack and called her a bitc...
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WOMEN’S MEDICAL PRIVACY: Voting 192 for and 221 against, the House on Tuesday defeated a bid by Democrats to prevent HR 7 (above) from violating the medical privacy of any woman, including rape and incest victims, with respect to her choice or use of a health insurance policy. The motion addressed privacy issues that could arise as insurance companies seek to document a woman’s claim to have been raped and thus eligible for taxpayer-funded abortion coverage under the 1976 Hyde Amendment. That a...
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By theGrio Who is Gwen Moore? The Wisconsin Democrat has served in the U.S. House since 2005, representing a district that includes parts of Milwaukee. Why is she on theGrio’s 100? Moore has become a leading voice in Congress on women’s issues. When the chamber was debating the Violence Against Women Act on the House floor in 2012, Moore described her own experience of being raped. “And then the appointed boy, when he saw that I wasn’t going to be so willing, completed a date-rape and then took...
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