With passage by the State Senate of a ban on offensive Native American nicknames for Wisconsin’s Public Schools, the state legislature is a step closer to finally restoring peace between Native Americans and the White Devil.  On to the Assembly to rescue us from naming anything even remotely after Native Americans – except for casinos.
When [...]

Priebus Statement on Passage of Flawed Health Care Bill
MILWAUKEE – Following partisan passage of a flawed health care bill, Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman Reince Priebus issued the following statement:
“Instead of reform, Democrats in Congress voted for a $2.5 trillion dollar government-run health care bill that increases taxes, raises premiums, slashes Medicare and does [...]

The MacIver Institute is reporting that Ron Kind and Steve Kagen will vote for the health care bill. National Review Online has the whip count at: Ayes: 211 Nays: 212 Undecided: 6.
Keep in mind that even if the Democrats fall one or two [...]

So let me see if I understand this. Former Congressman Mark Neumann delivered 5000 signatures on a petition opposed to the federal health care bill to the office of current Congressman Gwen Moore*. He also released a new radio ad today highlighting how he fought at the federal level in the 1990s to [...]

The Green Bay Press Gazette takes note of the handiwork of attorney Mike Maistelman on behalf of Steve Kagen, and they are not amused:
First came a shot fired last week at U.S. Rep. Steve Kagen, the two-term Democrat from Appleton, from a conservative group calling itself the “League of American Voters.” The group, which is [...]

Congressman Steve Kagen (D) told WLUK-TV he might not vote for the Senate health care bill when it comes to the House of Representatives, the first step in the reconciliation process.
“I have made the case to the speaker and also to the White House that we should take small pieces, small bites,” Kagen said. “In [...]

The League of American Voters has revised it’s television ad calling on Congressman Steve Kagen (WI-8) to not vote for the latest health care plan. Kagen’s attorney, Mike Maistelman, sent letters to television stations in the district asking them not to air the ad because the ad incorrectly stated that Kagen had previously voted [...]

House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY) is stepping down in the wake of the House ethics probe. In Wisconsin’s 8th District, Congressman Steve Kagen, M.D., responded to calls that he return $21,000 in campaign donations to Rangel:
“I’m working hard to bring jobs back to Wisconsin and responsibility back to Washington, and if [...]

It’s 2010, the year someone loses a contact.
Once again, it’s time to shake the magic martini shaker and see into the future.  Four or five ought to do it.  If we stare at the olive in the glass long enough, a vision slowly appears.  A vision of things to come, and another refill.  This year, [...]

The House of Representatives recently passed the Tax Extenders Act of 2009 that extends over 30 tax breaks. Extends, not creates, as I point out this week at the MacIver Institute.
However, even though the tax breaks were pre-existing, Congress has decided that the tax breaks must be “paid for” through higher taxes elsewhere. The [...]