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 »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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. Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
