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WisPolitics DC Wrap: Baldwin, Johnson each propose bills in response to Tennessee shooting
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Thursday, July 23, 2015. Baldwin, Johnson each propose bills in response to Tennessee shooting. US Sen. Ron Johnson and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin have unveiled separate legislation in response to the shooting at a Tennessee military recruiting office. Johnson's bill, dubbed the " Armed Forces Self-Defense Act. Would end restrictions on members of the armed forces carrying certain firearms on military installations. Dubbed the " Military Facilities Force Protection Act. Let the secretary of Defense contract...
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WisPolitics DC Wrap: Column: Cheesehead factor important for Obama legislative agenda
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Thursday, July 9, 2015. Column: Cheesehead factor important for Obama legislative agenda. This is an excerpt from Nicole Duran's weekly DC Wrap column. Sign up to get the full column in your inbox each week. The alignment of the delegation's and Obama's priorities is more than just good committee assignments, mused Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Menomonee Falls. When the USA Patriot Act briefly expired last month, the White House pushed Sensenbrenner's USA Freedom Act, which ended bulk collection of Americans...
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WisPolitics DC Wrap: Fast-track trade authority advances in Senate
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015. Fast-track trade authority advances in Senate. US Sens. Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin took opposite sides on a vote today to overcome a filibuster on granting President Obama fast-track trade authority as he negotiates a Pacific trade agreement. The vote to end debate on the Trade Promotion Authority bill passed 60 to 37, with Johnson, R-Oshkosh, supporting it and Baldwin, D-Madison, opposing it. Sixty votes were needed to end the filibuster. Posted @ 1:34 PM Permalink. Middot; Fe...
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WisPolitics DC Wrap: Column: Ribble tired of congressional inaction on highway bill
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Thursday, June 4, 2015. Column: Ribble tired of congressional inaction on highway bill. This is an excerpt from Nicole Duran's weekly DC Wrap column. Sign up to get the full column in your inbox each week. Last week President Obama signed another short-term extension funding federal infrastructure, mass transit and highway projects but Rep. Reid Ribble, R-Appleton, said that if he were Obama, he would have vetoed it. The patch Obama signed was the 33rd short-term fix for the Highway Trust Fund fund since...
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WisPolitics Budget Blog: Committee adjourns
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Thursday, May 21, 2015. The committee is expected to be back on Wednesday. Posted @ 9:46 PM Permalink. Back to Budget Blog main page. See newer blog items. See older blog items. Budget Blog site feed. Wispolitics.com Social News. Updates on the Wisconsin state budget, from the first JFC meetings through the governor's final vetoes. Middot; Budget Blog site feed. Middot; Budget Blog on Twitter. Middot; Department of Administration. Middot; Department of Revenue. Middot; Joint Finance Committee. Middot; Ap...
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WisPolitics Budget Blog: Highlights of MA package
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Thursday, May 21, 2015. Highlights of MA package. Here are some highlights of the MA omnibus motion, which preserves SeniorCare as is:. The fiscal impact increases GPR spending by $22.1 million, FED by $37.3 million, PR $139.1 million and SEG $41.5 million. Signing off on the guv's recommendation for disproportionate share hospital payments, which bump up Medicaid reimbursement rates for hospitals that serve a large number of Medicaid payments. Posted @ 4:13 PM Permalink. Back to Budget Blog main page.
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WisPolitics Budget Blog: Nygren: SeniorCare will be left alone, lawmakers to get more oversight of WEDC
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Thursday, May 21, 2015. Nygren: SeniorCare will be left alone, lawmakers to get more oversight of WEDC. Co-chair John Nygren says the committee today will approve fully funding SeniorCare as is with no changes to the popular prescription drug program. Republicans had talked about possibly increasing the enrollment fee, for example, as an alternative to Gov. Scott Walker's plan to require enrollees to apply for the federal program and enroll if eligible. Sen Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, praised the move.
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WisPolitics Budget Blog: We're back
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Thursday, May 21, 2015. Sen Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, is in the chair today. Posted @ 4:04 PM Permalink. Back to Budget Blog main page. See newer blog items. See older blog items. Budget Blog site feed. Wispolitics.com Social News. Updates on the Wisconsin state budget, from the first JFC meetings through the governor's final vetoes. Middot; Budget Blog site feed. Middot; Budget Blog on Twitter. Middot; Department of Administration. Middot; Department of Revenue. Middot; Joint Finance Committee.
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WisPolitics Budget Blog: Hintz questions budget priorities
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Thursday, May 21, 2015. Hintz questions budget priorities. Rep Gordon Hintz is asking why the GOP would turn down $360 million in federal Medicaid money when it is available and would loosen the state's tight budget. Not taking the money is a budget priority," the Oshkosh Dem said, "and that's something I don't understand.". I think it would be a failure of duty," he said, "on the part of this committee.". Posted @ 7:39 PM Permalink. Back to Budget Blog main page. See newer blog items. Middot; Budget Blo...
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WisPolitics Budget Blog: GOP Medicaid omnibus passes 12-4
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Thursday, May 21, 2015. GOP Medicaid omnibus passes 12-4. The committee voted 12-4 to approve the GOPâ s Medicaid plan as the two sides continued to debate whether the state should accept federal money to expand BadgerCare under the Affordable Care Act. Instead, he said Republicans were obsessed with having a soundbite that they rejected Obamacare. Â That is a $360 million soundbite,â Hintz said. Co-chair Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, said the two sides werenâ t that far apart on Medical Assistance....
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