Feingold Creates Progressives United
Former Senator Russ Feingold from Wisconsin has found a new calling. Feingold, the Democrat known for championing progressive causes, was defeated in November in a sweep of Tea Party candidates being...
View ArticleWisconsin Democratic Lawmakers Flee the State
Wisconsin State Democrats fled the capital on Thursday in an effort to prevent the passing of a bill that would hurt public employees. Meanwhile thousands of people protested in Madison on Wednesday...
View ArticleWisconsin, Is This the First Battle in Class Warfare?
Friday marked the largest protest yet as an estimated 40,000 people came out to Madison, Wisconsin to rally against Governor Scott Walker’s union busting legislation. The protests have steadily gotten...
View ArticleRepublicans Divided over Spending Cuts
Internal strife within the Republican Party was apparent again on Friday as the GOP was divided on spending cuts. The House was voting on an amendment from the Conservative Republican Study to cut an...
View ArticleHouse Passes Spending Bill
After passing a flurry of amendments designed to hurt working people and cut domestic spending, the House Republicans passed a spending bill during an all night session that ended early Saturday...
View ArticleUnion Protests Spread to Indiana and Ohio
Much like how the protests that began in Tunisia quickly spread throughout the Middle East, the protests in Wisconsin are now spreading throughout the United States’ Midwest region as conservative...
View ArticleThis is Not Scott Walker’s First Attempt at Union Busting
The state of Wisconsin continues to operate in suspended chaos and the only person to blame is Governor Scott Walker. The newly elected Republican governor has decided that his first priority is to...
View ArticleWisconsin – Scott Walker Shares his Political Strategy to Online Magazine
The plot thickens in Wisconsin. On the ninth day of protests in Madison, Governor Scott Walker shows no signs of backing down from his ridiculous plan to strip public employees of their collective...
View ArticleSenate Democrats Identify Spending Cuts
Democratic leaders and members of the Appropriations Committee met on Thursday to try to reach an agreement on spending cuts to propose to the GOP. The meeting was an attempt to identify cuts to...
View ArticleWisconsin Standoff
The standoff continues in Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Troopers were dispatched on Thursday morning to try to find any one of the Democratic Senators who left the state eight days earlier in order to...
View ArticleWisconsin’s Walker Locks Capital Down, Presents Full Budget
Despite the growing the unpopularity that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is facing, on day 16 of protests—he is still refusing to back down on his proposed bill to severely limit the collective...
View ArticleSenate Rejects Government Funding Bill
Not surprisingly, Senate Democrats voted down a House Republican bill on Wednesday that would have cut $57 billion from current funding levels. The bill would have continued to fund the government...
View ArticleWisconsin Senate Passes Anti-Union Bill Without Democrats
At one point in time, elected officials were meant to represent people. If there was any doubt before, it was cleared up on Wednesday night when Wisconsin Republican ignored the majority of their...
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Wisconsin Senate Passes Anti-Union Bill Without Democrats
At one point in time, elected officials were meant to represent people. If there was any doubt before, it was cleared up on Wednesday night when Wisconsin Republican ignored the majority of their...
View ArticleHouse Approves Short-Term Spending Measure
The House approved another stop-gap spending bill on Tuesday, funding the government for another three weeks until April 8. The measure provides an additional $6 billion in budget cuts and would allow...
View ArticleWisconsin Republican Party Floundering
Recall efforts in Wisconsin are well underway. In fact, GOP leadership both nationally and in Wisconsin expresses concern that they are being outspent and outworked by Democrats in the recall...
View ArticleWisconsin Assembly Strips Unions, Protests Swell
After the insane and illegal moves of the Wisconsin Senate on Wednesday night, the assembly followed suit on Thursday and voted to strip collective bargaining rights from public employees in the state....
View ArticleJudge Puts Wisconsin Anti-Union Law on Hold
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was dealt another setback in his persistent attempt to break up the unions in his state. On Friday, a judge temporarily blocked the law from taking effect. At issue...
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