Donald Trump is now the first President in United States history to be impeached a second time. House Democrats, with support from ten of their Republican colleagues, voted 232-197 to charge the President with “incitement of insurrection” in connection with last week’s attack on the U.S. Capitol Rep. Tom Tiffany was one of Wisconsin’s congressional […]
Wisconsin Reps Split Vote on COVID-19 Relief Bill on Partisan Line
The COVID-19 stimulus package is more than 5,000 pages long. It contains stimulus checks up to $600 for many Americans, and assists small businesses and renters. It also contains provisions tangentially related to COVID-19, including things like funding two new Smithsonian museums and tax breaks for NASCAR racing. Wisconsin’s congressional delegation was split neatly on […]
Wisconsin’s US House delegation (largely) unchanged
Of Wisconsin’s eight congressional districts in this election, only one was a truly close call. Democratic incumbent Ron Kind of Wisconsin’s third congressional district — which covers most of the driftless region of western Wisconsin — narrowly fended off an attack by Republican challenger Derrick Van Orden. After all precincts in the district reported in, […]
Unpacking the HEROES Act
On Friday, May 15, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a three trillion dollar coronavirus relief bill entitled the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions, or HEROES, Act. The bill passed on a 208-199 vote, but many among the Democrats’ left flank, including Progressive Caucus Co-Chair Mark Pocan, expressed disappointment that the final bill […]
Impeachment Update: Next Stop, the Senate
On December 18, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 230-197 to charge President Donald Trump with abuse of power, and voted 229-198 to charge the President with obstruction of Congress. After the vote, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi delayed transmittal of the articles of impeachment to the U.S. Senate — ostensibly to make […]
Impeachment Hearings: Week 1 in Review
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives began public impeachment hearings to determine whether President Donald Trump engaged in “high crimes and misdemeanors” by threatening to withhold international aid to Ukraine, unless the Ukrainians investigated former Vice-President Joe Biden. House Democrats claim testimony from Deputy assistant secretary of state George Kent, diplomat Bill Taylor and […]
