Tag: Tom Petri

In probably one of the worst decisions to come out of Washington since the decision to invade Iraq under President George W Bush, the Senate piled on and passed the bill to ‘train moderate Syrian rebels to fight ISIS’ that easily passed the House yesterday. What an incredible waste of…

This is as good as it gets from Gov. Scott Walker. Thanks to Rep Tom Petri for his many years of service! — Governor Walker (@GovWalker) April 11, 2014 H/T to The Political Environment.

Well this is something… GOP U.S. Rep. Tom Petri, R-Fond du Lac, will announce Monday that he will not seek re-election. Petri’s congressional office put out a statement this afternoon that the longtime congressman, facing a primary challenge this fall, will make the announcement at a town hall meeting in…

This is yet another example of how fixated so many Republican elected officials are with lining their own pockets, regardless of what ethical or legal lines they have to cross. A nonpartisan watchdog group is crying foul over the “obvious conflict of interest” between Rep. Tom Petri’s official actions and…

There is an existing pipeline from the Canadian oil sands into the United States…lets call it the Keystone L Pipeline for fun. It essentially runs a few hundred miles east from the Athabasca Oil Sands in eastern Alberta Canada before heading south into the United States. The Keystone L Pipeline…

With the recent election results of republicans taking over the House and also the State of Wisconsin, it is time to lower the deficit. With Paul Ryan(R-Wall St.), Jim Sensenbrenner(R- Tampons) and Tom Petri (R-WI) just banded together(being fiscal conservatives and deficit hawks) to come up with a proposal to…

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 18 months, it’s no secret governor-elect Scott Walker wants to return the $800+ million in funds the federal government has allocated to Wisconsin for a high-speed passenger rail line between Milwaukee and Madison. In voicing his desire to see those…

one of the main complaints of the dem congress is that they have not created enough jobs. While there is some truth to that, it is time for people to actually dig down and realize why. The The American Clean Energy and Security Act, has been a contentious issue this…

Zach mentioned this in his Friday morning links, and also pointed out that Boots and Sabers also has the story, and as Zach points out there was nary a mention anywhere that Ken Kratz was a Republican, who had toyed with the idea of running for congress. Now a little…

Here’s a link to the Hill’s 50 Wealthiest Legislators in Washington! Somebody there missed Herb Kohl…since the 50th person is at $5.1 million, Senator Kohl should certainly have been on this list. The Milwaukee Bucks alone should put him near the top. Wisconsin didn’t do too badly: #26 Representative Jim…