by Hannah Schoenbaum | Sep 28, 2021 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — As Thursday’s government funding deadline approaches and the threat of a government shutdown looms over Washington, Senate Democrats and Republicans are exploring a unifying distraction from their budgetary standstill: the Britney Spears conservatorship...
by Katherine Huggins | Sep 28, 2021 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged Congress to raise the debt ceiling on Tuesday, warning that if lawmakers do not raise the limit, a “financial crisis and economic recession” is likely imminent. Yellen told the Senate Banking Committee that without an...
by Saeed Abdullah | Aug 27, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Il., and a bipartisan group of colleagues from the Senate and House of Representatives introduced legislation to give survivors of sexual assault and harassment more legal rights. This act aims to prevent perpetrators from...
by Mark Dovich | Aug 9, 2021 | Politics
Here’s how members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation voted on major issues last week. The House was in recess and is expected to return in September. SENATE ADVANCING INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE: Voting 67 for and 27 against, the Senate on Saturday agreed (HR 3684)...
by Mark Dovich and Hazel Tang | Aug 4, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Around 500 voting rights activists and faith leaders sat outside the Hart Senate Office Building singing hymns, protesting poverty, and calling for federal protection of voting rights on Monday. The actions were a part of the Poor People Campaign’s...
by Mark Dovich | Aug 3, 2021 | Politics
Here’s how members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation voted on major issues last week. HOUSE ESTABLISHING GOLD STAR FAMILIES MONUMENT: Voting 412 for and 0 against, the House on Monday extended (HR 2365) the authorization to establish a monument in Washington to...
