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Shoveling
By Tammy Baldwin on 2/12/2008 6:49 PM

We’re no strangers to snow here in Wisconsin. Usually even in heavy storms our lives move at the regular pace. But last Wednesday, Madison experienced a blizzard that shut the whole city down. By evening, even the Metro Bus system had to call it quits.

Of course, I was still determined to stay on schedule and get to D.C. But after numerous thwarted rescheduling attempts to get a flight, I gave in and instead did what everyone in Madison, Beloit, and all of sou ...

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Bush’s Budget: Missed opportunities and dishonest maneuvers
By Tammy Baldwin on 2/5/2008 2:43 PM

Yesterday President Bush presented his budget proposal for the next fiscal year. The document, which you can download here, is unfortunately more of what we’ve become accustomed to in this administration: missed opportunities and misplaced priorities.
 
The President’s $3 trillion proposed budget cuts vital programs that provide real assistance to Americans, such as Medicare, Medicaid, ...

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Salvaging a Legacy??
By Tammy Baldwin on 1/29/2008 2:07 PM
Yesterday afternoon, as I walked to the floor for a vote, I passed a TV monitor in a colleague’s waiting room. Reporters were discussing the upcoming State of the Union address. The headline on the screen read "salvaging a legacy."
 
It struck me – that was it exactly. Here, in his last State of the Union address, President Bush was trying to put a new spin on the decisions he made ...
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