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 Wisconsin Congressmen Paul Ryan and Sean Duffy do not earn all that much praise from this quarter. But we are delighted to deliver it when it’s due. And both Republican representatives get high marks for joining Democrats in voting to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. The measure passed the House this week by a 286-38 margin, completing a long and difficult… Read more »

 Wisconsin News-- Wisconsin Republicans Paul Ryan and Sean Duffy joined all Democrats in voting yes, as the House approved an extension of the Violence Against Women Act. D.C. - Wisconsin Republicans Paul Ryan and Sean Duffy joined all Democrats in voting yes, as the House approved an extension of the Violence Against Women Act. The package of federal protections and… Read more »

For over 500 days women have been waiting and praying for this day to come. Today, the majority of this body stood up for all women – including Native, LGBT and immigrant women. We answered their clarion call and declared that we will protect the vi Read more »

 By Tom Cohen Washington (CNN) -- An expanded Violence Against Women Act won bipartisan approval on Thursday from the U.S. House after Republicans failed to pass their own proposal due to a party split on an issue important to women and minority groups. The measure now goes to President Barack Obama, who said in a statement that it was "an important step towards making… Read more »

Today I joined Representatives Conyers and Slaughter to introduce the real VAWA – the Senate VAWA. We have the support; we are waiting on Republican leadership to bring our VAWA bill to the floor for a vote. Read more »

The saying goes, •Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.' This is the second time House Republicans have trotted out this VAWA Trojan Horse, only to try and gut critical provisions from the real VAWA... Read more »

By Don Walker As part of President Barack Obama's State of the Union call to help the nation's middle class, the government plans to create "promise zones" in as many as 20 distressed communities across the country, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan said Thursday in Milwaukee. Donovan met with Mayor Tom Barrett, Racine Mayor John Dickert,… Read more »

 Compiled by Courier Staff Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4) responded to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address to Congress. “Tonight the President set an aggressive agenda for America. His plan to refocus our efforts on bringing about solid economic growth for all Americans through manufacturing, infrastructure, clean and renewable energy, skills… Read more »

It is common sense to continue to provide the hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites who rely on FoodShare each month with simple access to the food assistance they need. But apparently, common sense is not so common. Read more »

 By Dominique Paul Noth Wisconsin has good public officials and goofballs (think Ron Johnson, whose foot resides permanently in his upper incisors). But right now popular attention is dominated by the damager in chief -- an adroit glibmeister of factual evasion, a news-clip commando rattling off stats that fall apart on logical investigation.  He’s already cost… Read more »