Democrats on the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sure think so…. Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Committee Members Gerald Connolly and Chris Murphy, sent a letter to Chairman Darrell Issa requesting that he obtain from Wisconsin Governor Scott [...]
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Seen today: former U.S. Attorney turned Scott Walker defense attorney Steve Biskupic leaving the Federal Courthouse in downtown Milwaukee. Discuss amongst yourselves. Democratic Lt. Governor candidate Mahlon Mitchell needs your help. Unlike Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett, who brought a healthy campaign war chest into the gubernatorial recall race, Mitchell has been working hard to raise the money necessary to spread his message across Wisconsin. That’s where you come in. I’ve previously mentioned the Blogging Blue “Twelve [...] From my email inbox comes news of some Get Out The Vote (GOTV) efforts on behalf of Democratic State Rep. Chris Sinicki, who’s running for reelection in the 20th Assembly district. There will be canvasses being staged from South Shore Park pavilion, located at 2900 South Shore drive on Saturday May 19th and Sunday May [...] Tomorrow Rebuild the Dream will be in Milwaukee for a Rebuild Wisconsin event at the Washington Park Bandshell from 2-6 p.m. This morning I had a chance to speak with Van Jones (pictured, left), who helped launch the Rebuild the Dream campaign in 2011. I asked Jones why Rebuild the Dream decided to hold an [...] Yesterday the Madison-based Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) released a new report that details the exclusive network of corporate lobbyists and special interest groups that exert influence over the Wisconsin legislature through the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). “This report reveals details of the extraordinary influence of ALEC and its agenda on the Wisconsin [...] Let’s play a little game I like to call…. “Who’s that lady?” In this edition of “Who’s that lady?” we’re trying to guess who’s the “lucky lady” driving around with Republican State Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald. What we do know is the lady most definitely is NOT Fitzgerald’s wife, but I’d love to hear [...] This is interesting… On paper, Pam Stevens looks like a brilliant choice: an African American Republican and Kenosha Unified School Board member. It took about four minutes to discover a major problem in Ms. Stevens past that she’s going to have to explain if she is serious about competing against Wirch. Turns out that Stevens [...] On Tuesday Janine P. Geske, a retired Wisconsin Supreme Court justice; Patricia D. McMahon, retired Milwaukee County circuit judge; Mark A. Frankel, retired Dane County circuit judge; E. Michael McCann, retired Milwaukee County district attorney; Robert J. Jambois, former Kenosha County district attorney; Gregory J. O’Meara, former Milwaukee County assistant district attorney and associate professor [...] As part of an email exchange I had this with Republican State Senate candidate Pam Stevens, who’s challenging incumbent Democratic State Sen. Bob Wirch in the 22nd Senate district, I had an opportunity to ask Stevens if she supported the provisions of Wisconsin Act 10, the so-called “budget repair” bill that actually served to eliminate [...] |
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