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Today, the House of Representatives showed what we can do when we come together and compromise. Through bipartisan cooperation, the House passed legislation that will benefit seniors, children, and families all across America. Read more »

Once again, House Republicans have passed a budget that cuts programs crucial to the working and middle class so that they can provide more lavish tax breaks to the rich. This tired, failed trickle-down approach shows that the Republican Party lacks new ideas and has no regard for how for how these cuts will affect hardworking Americans. Read more »

The bipartisan passage of NAHASDA demonstrates that the House of Representatives is capable of working together to get important things accomplished. This legislation is a crucial step in building economic opportunity for Native Americans, while maintaining and respecting their Tribal sovereignty. Read more »

In the ongoing assault on Wisconsin's working class, Governor Walker signed another crippling anti-worker bill into law. This so-called •right-to-work' legislation is nothing but a bald-faced attempt by our Republican Governor and legislature to protect special interests at the expense of working class families. I am reminded of Dr. Martin Luther King who once said, •In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as •right to work.' It is a law to rob us of our civil rights and job rights.' Read more »

By Craig GilbertWashington  -- A spokesman for U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore of Milwaukee called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress on Tuesday a “campaign stunt” and a sign of disrespect toward President Barack Obama, saying the congresswoman “wants no part of it.”Moore is among more than 50 Democrats in the House and Senate who… Read more »

By Gwen MooreOn Saturday, my fellow members of the Congressional Black Caucus and I will travel to Selma, Ala., to commemorate the anniversary of Bloody Sunday. On that day 50 years ago, about 600 men, women and children attempted to march from Selma to Alabama's capital, Montgomery, in a peaceful protest of the flagrant disenfranchisement of African-American voters. The march ended… Read more »

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Just as the citizens of Selma stood up for a just democracy in 1965, the Congressional Black Caucus and many others are standing up to protect the rights of voters here in the Selma of the North. Read more »

MILWAUKEE, Wis. —Wisconsin's controversial new voter identification law will be in the national spotlight this weekend.The "Own Your Vote" march and rally will take place Saturday in Milwaukee, and it will be linked to the commemoration of a famous voting rights march that happened more than 40 years ago.Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a voting rights march from Selma… Read more »

By Krista HughesDemocratic lawmakers will unveil a plan on Wednesday to keep the U.S. Export-Import Bank open for another seven years and expand its lending as a clash over the bank's future intensifies.Legislation backed by Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer and colleagues Maxine Waters, Gwen Moore and Denny Heck would reauthorize Ex-Im, which provides support for U.S. exporters and the… Read more »

This week, my colleagues Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) Congressman Denny Heck (D-WA), Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD), and I introduced legislation to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank before its charter expires on June 30. For 70 years, the Export-Import Bank has aided U.S. businesses to access foreign markets and ensured that American exports remain competitive. Our legislation would further bolster the bank's ability to support American businesses in an increasingly crowded global market. H.R. 1031 is widely supported by my fellow Democrats in the House, with a growing total of more than 160 cosponsors. Read more »