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Wisconsin's Democrats want to actually help parents and babies.

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Baldwin and Moore sponsor bill to require mental health care for pregnant women, new mom

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Baldwin and Moore sponsor bill to require mental health care for pregnant women, new moms - The Wisconsin Independent

Their bill would require health insurance plans to cover treatment of mental health and substance use issues without a co-pay from the start of pregnancy until a year postpartum.

01:45 PM - May 16, 2024

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Pennsylvanians age 50 and older say Medicare and Social Security are major voting issues. Dave McCormick has backed cutting the programs.

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Poll shows safety net programs are

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Poll shows safety net programs are a top priority for older Pennsylvania voters - Pennsylvania Independent

Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick has backed cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.

04:29 PM - May 15, 2024

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This was the rare campaign pledge that Trump actually kept last time: tax cuts for billionaires and himself.

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Trump promises more tax cuts for the rich and big business

04:26 PM - May 15, 2024

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Tim Sheehy wants to privatize health care and misses the good old days where you had to pay for everything out of pocket.

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Sheehy attacks health care law that provides coverag

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Sheehy attacks health care law that provides coverage for tens of thousands of Montanans - The Montana Independent

The Republican US Senate candidate said he supports ‘pure privatization’ of health care, which could leave many Montanans without coverage.

03:12 PM - May 13, 2024

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A trillion here, a trillion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money.

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GOP plan to extend Trump’s tax cuts for the rich would add $4.6 trillion to the deficit

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GOP plan to extend Trump's tax cuts for the rich would add $4.6 trillion to the deficit - The Michigan Independent

A new analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that making the expiring provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 permanent would significantly increase the national debt.

03:02 PM - May 09, 2024

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My mentor and friend Nick Kotz and I got to interview Rep. McCloskey in 2007. He was everything today's Republicans are not.

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Pete McCloskey, a decorated Marine veteran who wanted U.S. troops out of Vietnam and the first congressman to urge consideration of Nixon's impeachment on the House floor, has died

When Pete McCloskey challenged President Richard M. Nixon for the Republican nomination in 1972, his defeat was nothing short of stunning. Only one of the 1,348 delegates at the Miami convention vo...

01:17 PM - May 09, 2024

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Ryan Zinke has gone from ethics-plagued Cabinet official to pharma industry loyalist congressperson.

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Pharma-funded Zinke wants to repeal law allowing Medicare to negot

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Pharma-funded Zinke wants to repeal law allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices - The Montana Independent

Montana Republican US Rep. Ryan Zinke supports a complete repeal of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, including its caps on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries.

04:15 PM - May 08, 2024

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The plan would have meant practice flights just 100 feet over North Central PA communities.

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Casey, Fetterman applaud scrapping of plan for flight training over Pennsylvania Wilds

04:42 PM - May 07, 2024

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A Dick Uihlein-bankrolled super PAC is lying about Sen. Tammy Baldwin's vote to allow Medicare to negotiate for lower drug prices.

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Super PAC funded by anti-

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Super PAC funded by anti-abortion billionaire spends millions to attack Tammy Baldwin - The Wisconsin Independent

Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein saved hundreds of millions of dollars under the 2017 Trump tax law that Sen. Baldwin voted against.

01:49 PM - May 06, 2024

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Tester helped negotiate the bipartisan infrastructure law. It is paying dividends for Montana's power grid.
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Sen. Jon Tester secures funding to strengthen Ravalli Coun

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Seven House Republicans signed on despite having voted against the infrastructure funds.

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Sen. Bob Casey leads bipartisan effort to rebuild deteriorating Susquehanna bridge

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Sen. Bob Casey leads bipartisan effort to rebuild deteriorating Susquehanna bridge - Pennsylvania Independent

House Republicans joined the Democratic senator's letter urging federal funding for the project.

02:42 PM - May 01, 2024

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But his Republican Study Committee has proposed draconian cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

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US Rep. John James falsely claims President Biden is cutting a M

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US Rep. John James falsely claims President Biden is cutting a Medicare program - The Michigan Independent

The Michigan Republican is part of a House coalition working for cuts to Medicare and Social Security.

09:31 AM - May 01, 2024

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This unpopular proposal worked so well for Mitt in 2012...

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US Rep. Scott Perry wants to defund public broadcasting

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US Rep. Scott Perry wants to defund public broadcasting - Pennsylvania Independent

The Republican lawmaker is sponsoring bills to end public funding for National Public Radio and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

01:50 PM - Apr 29, 2024

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He keeps repeating the same lie.

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Sheehy blasts Tester for donations from lobbyists while taking their cash himself

02:34 PM - Apr 25, 2024

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Dave McCormick in 2024 seems to hope voters don't remember all that stuff he said in 2022.

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Then and now: How Dave McCormick’s positions on the issues have changed si

09:47 AM - Apr 25, 2024

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After months of House GOP delays, the FEND Off Fentanyl Act is finally law.

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Casey-backed fentanyl crackdown bill signed into law

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Casey-backed fentanyl crackdown bill signed into law - Pennsylvania Independent

The recent defense authorization package included the FEND Off Fentanyl Act, which is aimed at disrupting synthetic opioid supply chains.

04:49 PM - Apr 24, 2024

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Hovde is already pledging allegiance to his wealthy corporate donors.

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Senate candidate Hovde misleadingly claims he won’t take corporate special interest cash

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Senate candidate Hovde misleadingly claims he won't take corporate special interest cash - The Wisconsin Independent

The millionaire Republican candidate for the Wisconsin US Senate seat of Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin has taken numerous contributions from corporate executives.

03:01 PM - Apr 23, 2024

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Caught lying, McCormick lies about the lies.

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Senate candidate McCormick denies he misled voters by saying he 'started with nothing'

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Senate candidate McCormick denies he misled voters by saying he 'started with nothing' - Pennsylvania Independent

The New York Times reported that the Connecticut-based hedge fund multimillionaire grew up largely in the president's mansion at what is now Bloomsburg University, not 'on a family farm.'

01:09 PM - Apr 22, 2024

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I'm old enough to remember when 45 Republicans were fine with quickly ending an impeachment trial they deemed unconstitutional... three years ago.

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Senate majority quashes Mayorkas impeachment due to lack of specified crimes - The Montana Independent

Senate Republicans spent hours stalling a vote to end proceedings against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

01:56 PM - Apr 18, 2024

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The Wisconsin Republican Senate hopeful said in 2012 that he would repeal the whole Affordable Care Act, even that part.

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Hovde now says he favors Obamacare provision protecting people with preexisting conditions - The Wisconsin Independent

Republican US Senate candidate Eric Hovde still says the Affordable Care Act made the country's health care system worse than before.

02:14 PM - Apr 17, 2024

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Most of the Republicans are hiding their anti-abortion positions and records.

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Meet the candidates running for the open seat in Montana's 2nd Congressional District

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Meet the candidates running for the open seat in Montana's 2nd Congressional District - The Montana Independent

Both parties will hold primary elections on June 4 for the seat being vacated by retiring Republican Rep. Matt Rosendale.

09:29 AM - Apr 17, 2024

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Baldwin is helping the most vulnerable youths in Wisconsin and Hovde is lying about it

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GOP Senate candidate Eric Hovde criticizes Sen. Tammy Baldwin for helping homeless kids

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GOP Senate candidate Eric Hovde criticizes Sen. Tammy Baldwin for helping homeless kids - The Wisconsin Independent

Hovde and other Republicans are using a dishonest anti-LGBTQ line of attack.

09:12 AM - Apr 16, 2024

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Profiting off debt forgiveness for businesses = fine by Hovde. Debt forgiveness for student borrowers = "vote buying."

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GOP Senate hopeful Hovde blasts student loan relief but touted debt relief for businesses - The Wisconsin Independent

Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde's Sunwest Bank made millions of dollars in fees on Paycheck Protection Program loans.

01:47 PM - Apr 11, 2024

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What happened to the urgency?

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After rushing to impeach Mayorkas, House Republicans delay sending articles to Senate

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After rushing to impeach Mayorkas, House Republicans delay sending articles to Senate - The Wisconsin Independent

House Speaker Mike Johnson broke his promise to transmit articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on April 10.

01:19 PM - Apr 10, 2024

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Bresnahan accused Democratic incumbent Rep. Matt Cartwight of choosing to "cowtail" to Biden because he didn't side with the oil and gas industry. Cowtail?

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GOP US House candidate Rob Bresnahan defends fossil fuel industry interests - Pennsylvania Independent

Bresnahan holds tens of thousands of dollars in fossil fuel company stocks.

09:10 AM - Apr 10, 2024

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Donald Trump again promising big tax cuts for his billionaire funders

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Trump promises more tax cuts for the richest Americans

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Trump promises more tax cuts for the richest Americans - Pennsylvania Independent

Donald Trump signed a law in 2017 that slashed tax rates for the wealthy and for corporations.

12:52 PM - Apr 08, 2024

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We tried this pre-9/11.

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GOP Senate candidate Tim Sheehy wants to eliminate the Department of Homeland Security

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GOP Senate candidate Tim Sheehy wants to eliminate the Department of Homeland Security - The Montana Independent

The Department of Homeland Security was created after Sept. 11, 2001, to coordinate multiple agencies’ efforts to prevent future terrorist attacks.

01:36 PM - Apr 05, 2024

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Eric Hovde is still running against Obamacare and is lying about the landmark law.

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Fact check: What Eric Hovde gets wrong about the Affordable Care Act

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