Tag: Mark Pocan
Scott Walker’s new “jobs” numbers are an absolute farce
Republican Gov. Scott Walker, on the magic his administration performed by manufacturing new “jobs” numbers showing job growth in Wisconsin (emphasis added): “…I think that’s good news, not just for me personally, but I think it’s good news as we mentioned to small business owners here, for employers who are…
Roys campaign attacks Mark Pocan on accepting corporate PAC money
Earlier today Democratic State Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, who running to replace Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldin in Wisconsin’s 2nd Congressional district, issued a statement calling on all the candidates in the 2nd Congressional District Democratic primary to reject “the corrupting influence of corporate money” and to refuse contributions from…
Roys campaign attacks Pocan campaign for taking corporate PAC money
Earlier today, the campaign of Democratic State Rep. Kelda Roys, who’s running to succeed Rep. Tammy Baldwin in the 2nd Congressional district, issued a press release outlining her belief that “any serious commitment to run a clean campaign must include a commitment to forego all corporate PAC contributions.” “The voters…
Pocan endorsed by American Nurses Association
Just a bit ago, Democratic State Rep. Mark Pocan of Madison announced his campaign for Wisconsin’s 2nd Congressional district has received the endorsement of the American Nurses Association (ANA), which represents the nation’s 3.1 million registered nurses through its state nurses associations. Here’s Pocan’s statement accepting the endorsement. “I’m grateful…
Marking Fair Pay Day
Today marks Equal Pay Day in America, symbolizing the average time in a year a woman has to work in 2012 to earn what the average man earned in 2011. To mark the day, elected officials on the state and national level have issued a bevy of statements. First up…
Pocan releases ethics reform platform, gains endorsement of Clean Wisconsin Action Fund
Yesterday Democratic State Rep. Mark Pocan released his federal ethics reform platform, making clear his commitment to ethics reforms for members of Congress. Here are some of the key provisions of Rep. Pocan’s ethics reform platform: Support legislation that allows for public funding of qualified federal candidates. Extend the ban…
UPDATED: Politics makes for strange bedfellows: Progressive Democrat Kelda Roys & arch-conservative Republican Joel Kleefisch team up!
UPDATE: Here’s a statement I received from Rep. Roys’ Congressional campaign explaining her vote in favor of SB 440. “SB 440 was a bipartisan bill supported by Senator Fred Risser, Senator Jon Erpenbach, and cosponsored in the Assembly by Representative Sondy Pope-Roberts. A vote for SB 440 was a vote…
Kelda Helen Roys was right, Republicans blew it!
During the debates in the state assembly over bill SB306, that will add intrusive barriers for women seeking safe and legal abortions, Rep. Kelda Helen Roys proposed an amendment requiring any man seeking a prescription for Viagra to have a cardiac stress test first. Of course this amendment was voted…
Reps. Roys, Pocan issue statements on GOP war on women in Wisconsin
Last night Republicans in the State Assembly waged all-out war on the rights of women here in Wisconsin, and not surprisingly there’s a lot of outrage about what Republicans have done. Democratic State Rep. Kelda Roys is just one of many Democratic elected officials who issued statements critical of Republicans…
Co-Founder of Congressional Progressive Caucus endorses Mark Pocan
Citing Mark Pocan’s “record of accomplishments on behalf of working people,” Democratic Rep. George Miller of California’s 7th Congressional district announced his endorsement of Pocan in the race to succeed Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin’s 2nd Congressional district. “We all know the challenges we have in Washington. We’re up against people…
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