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Tammy Baldwin in the News
Congress Rescues SeniorCare
Friday, May 25, 2007 (82 reads)
"Wisconsin seniors enrolled in the state's SeniorCare prescription drug program will not lose their coverage at the end of this year after all. Congress voted Thursday night to approve a new war spending bill that provides money for the war in Iraq and several domestic programs, including Wisconsin's SeniorCare program...
...'This extenstion is a great relief to thousands of Wisconsinites who have come to rely on SeniorCare and those who can now sign up for its superior benefits,' said Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison..."
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Tammy's Time: Baldwin Gains Stature With House Dems in Majority
Tuesday, May 08, 2007 (91 reads)
"Early one April morning, Rep. Tammy Baldwin found herself in a surprising position for a progressive anti-war Democrat: at the White House, standing behind Republican President George W. Bush.
Squeezed between an American flag and a Cabinet secretary, the soft-spoken Wisconsin legislator waited patiently as the president finished his remarks and then took a seat behind a pink banner to sign a bill funding breast and cervical cancer screening programs...
...In 1998, Baldwin was an unlikely national politician. Raised in a nontraditional household by her mother and grandparents, Baldwin, a lesbian, ran in a state that had never elected a woman to Congress...While her progressive views made her popular in Madison, to the rest of the country she was on the fringe. Her strong belief in universal health care and gay rights placed her distinctively outside the mainstream. But eight years later, the stream has moved. Baldwin championed better care for veterans, senior health care and ending the war in Iraq before they were fashionable. Now she finds herself well-positioned to make significant headway on several of the causes dear to her..."
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Hate crimes bill passes House
Friday, May 04, 2007 (87 reads)
"Rep. Tammy Baldwin says more education needed on trans issues in Congress. Two years after the introduction of the first transgender-inclusive hate crimes legislation in Congress, the House of Representatives passed the latest trans-inclusive hate crime bill, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, by a strong 237 to 180 margin on May 3...
...Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) told reporters during a telephone press conference following the vote that in lobbying her colleagues on behalf of the bill, she had to explain to several what the phrase 'gender identity' meant, what types of people it protected, and why proponents of the bill felt it needed to be included. 'We still have a tremendous amount of education to do on explaining the meaning of the term ‘gender identity’ in the bill,' said Baldwin. But she said ultimately lawmakers were willing to support it, and in part she attributed that to the strong appeal of hate crimes legislation, even when it protects groups that people find controversial..."
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Ban anti-gay bias in employment
Tuesday, May 01, 2007 (84 reads)
"Wisconsin wisely outlawed job discrimination based on sexual orientation a quarter century ago. It's time for Congress to catch up with Wisconsin and take a similar, principled stance. Congress should quickly approve the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, introduced last week by Wisconsin Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin and others...
...The bill champions equality and makes good business sense. It makes it illegal for current and prospective employers to discriminate against a person based on sexual orientation. It tells people that America respects individual liberty and privacy and believes in fairness. All U.S. citizens should be free to apply for a job or be in a job where employers judge them by their qualifications and abilities — not their private lives..."
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News about the Democratic Party, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
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The new Congress plans to move aggressively against the tobacco industry by regulating cigarettes, raising sales taxes and ratifying an international antitobacco treaty.
For the last two years, Nancy Pelosi has been the driving force behind the Democratic agenda, but now she is about to become facilitator in chief.
As Roland W. Burris prepared to claim his seat, Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, insisted the Senate has the legal authority to bar him but left the door open to negotiations.
 Tim Kaine has been tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to succeed Howard Dean as party chairman.
Leaders are weighing a quick executive order against legislation, which risks a fight but would be permanent.
Political bosses like New Jersey’s Joseph Ferriero have begun to flourish in suburbia where jobs are the coin of the realm.
Senate Democrats said the Constitution gives them the power to block the Illinois governor’s pick, but some experts were not so sure.
 She was one of the few prominent black leaders who never faltered.
 There's a down-to-earth and cool vibe in Chloe 81, but a lackadaisical approach to fashion is uncommon for this crowd.
Contention is emerging among officials against Caroline Kennedy as she pursues Hillary Rodham Clinton’s seat.
Liberals show tremendous compassion in pushing for government spending to help the needy, but when it comes to individual contributions to charitable causes, they are cheapskates.
 What kind of relationship will the Obama White House have with the media? A lot will depend on Robert Gibbs.
 The Democratic representative talks about why he had to take charge of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, why he kept his mustache and what his grocer father taught him about extending credit.
In 1965, New York Democrats couldn’t agree on their leaders, so Gov. Nelson Rockefeller persuaded Republicans make their choices for them. Sound familiar?
 Angered by their senator’s support of John McCain, Connecticut Democrats sounded off at a standing-room-only committee meeting.
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