Tag: Peter Barca
Peter Barca: Gov. Walker Continues to Knock the Wind out of Wisconsin’s Economy (VIDEO)
Watch as Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca of Kenosha gives the Democratic Weekly Address discussing Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s call for another so-called special session of the Wisconsin legislature.
Walker Recall an Uphill Battle
Polling numbers from Public Policy Polling show the chances of recalling Governor Walker are slim unless Russ Feingold changes his mind and enters the race. Walker is still unpopular, just not unpopular enough.
Walker and WI GOP Ignore Jobs in Favor of Special Interests
Again. I know, I know. Mark Pocan already exposed the real agenda behind the special legislative session on jobs led by the GOP here in Wisconsin. It ain’t about jobs. Heck, even Scott Walker’s focus today on retraining workers rings hollow given his slash and burn budgeting against the educational institutions…
Gov. Walker’s special session is loaded with giveaways to special interests (VIDEO)
On Thursday Democratic Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca of Kenosha released the Democratic Weekly Address, which takes aim at the special jobs session of the legislature being called for by Republican Gov. Scott Walker. The special jobs session would be the second attempt by Republicans in the legislature to pass…
Why won’t Republican lawmakers do their jobs?
From my email inbox comes the latest “Barca Bulletin,” which discusses the failure of Republican Gov. Scott Walker and his rubber-stamp Republican-controlled legislature to create jobs in Wisconsin. As I write this, Wisconsin’s unemployment rate is a half a percent higher than it was when Gov. Walker took office, and…
“Segway” Jeremy Ryan wrongly blames Peter Barca for “injuries” sustained by protesters resisting arrest
During the lone day of work in the State Assembly this month, Democratic State Rep. Mark Radcliffe proposed a motion suspending the Assembly’s rules to allow individuals sitting in the gallery to videotape proceedings in the Assembly so long as they do so quietly. While Radcliffe presented his argument in…
The Cullen/Schulz show
Tim Cullen & Dale Schultz are currently on a \"Bipartisan\" road tour. REEDSBURG — Greenwood’s Cafe in downtown Reedsburg this week hosted an unusual example of retail politicking, as Sen. Tim Cullen pressed the flesh and listened intently to constituents who couldn’t possibly vote for him. The Janesville Democrat had…
Peter Barca: Fitzmandering covers up WI GOP’s assault on Wisconsin families
Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, a Democrat from Kenosha, has a great post up on DailyKos outlining how Republicans in Wisconsin are using their radical redistricting plan to cover up their continuing assault on Wisconsin families. Here’s a snippet: Gov. Walker has talked a big game on national television and…
Guest blog by Peter Barca: Governor Walker’s budget is law. Now what?
The following is a guest blog from Democratic Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca of Kenosha: Governor Walker’s budget is law. Now what? By State Rep. Peter Barca The budget signed into law today by Gov. Walker that shamelessly attacks Wisconsin’s shared values and middle class families is certainly a dark…
Judge Maryann Sumi strikes down Republican supported anti-public employee bill
In a 33-page decision issued yesterday, Dane County Circuit Court Judge Maryann Sumi overturned the budget “repair” bill passed into law by Republican legislators on March 9, 2011. In their haste to ram through the legislation, which removed virtually all collective bargaining rights for public employees, Republicans were alleged to…
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