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Tammy Baldwin in the News
Tammy Baldwin Withholds Name From ENDA Stripped of Trans Protections
Friday, September 28, 2007 (86 reads)
"The offices of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and out gay Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank have confirmed that the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, will be taken up by the Labor and Education Committee without protections for transgendered Americans that were part of the bill as originally introduced this year...A new draft of the bill, reflecting the elimiation of language regarding protections based on gender identity, was introduced on Friday, and a separate bill protecting transgendered workers is also now in the mix, though on a longer timetable.
Even before the final decision to eliminate the language was announced, a number of prominent LGBT organizations nationwide stepped up Thursday to denouce the idea. Significantly, Democrat Tammy Baldwin, a lesbian who represents Madison, Wisconsin, and is the only other out LGBT member of Congress, did not put her name on the new bill..."
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Celebrating Growth: Mautner Project annual gala honors contributors
Thursday, September 27, 2007 (87 reads)
"True to its title, the Mautner Project's annual gala dinner and auction is all about 'Love, Strength and Hope.' 'It's really a time for us to celebrate the great work of the people who have lived and passed, and also people who are still living, still working really hard on these critical issues,' says Andrea Densham, interium executive director of the lesbian health organization. 'It's a real opportunity for the community to help us build up this fantastic organization...'
...This year, Mautner honors lesbian Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) with the 2007 'Healing Works Award.' 'Tammy is the kind of person who isn't here because of ego,' Densham says. 'She's here because she cares about the issues.' Baldwin is being honored in part for what Densham describes as her 'most extraordinary piece of legislation,' a health-partnership bill that would grant same-sex couples health care benefits..."
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Children's health care should expand
Thursday, September 27, 2007 (88 reads)
"Over the past year, the 110th U.S. Congress has come together, put aside partisan politics and succeeded in passing several major pieces of progressive legislation. From an increase of the minimum wage to a reversal of the raid on student aid, this Congress has fulfilled its promise to improve the quality of life for every American. Yet, at the most critical junctures, President Bush has stood in the way of progress. Mr. Bush has already vetoed potentially life-saving stem cell research and now has threatened to veto an expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Plan...The expansion of SCHIP was origianlly co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., who has been on the forefront of the fight for health care accessibility..."
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Rep. gives Spear Lecture
Monday, September 17, 2007 (90 reads)
"...well over 100 people gathered inside University Baptist Church to listen to Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) speak...Introduced by long-time friend and former Minnesota State Sen. Allan Spear, Baldwin delivered this year's lecture as part of the series bearing her friend's name...'Politics isn't just flash and glitter; it's hard work,' Spear said. 'And Tammy (has) been one of the hardest working and most effective politicians I've ever met. Gay and lesbian rights (have) been just one of the things she's been a strong and effective leader (for)...'
...'For a progressive politician, a visit to Minnesota is kind of like a pilgrimage,' she said. In her speech Saturday, titled 'Leaning Toward Justice,' Baldwin described struggling as a young college student with what she saw as two conflicting interests - having a career as a politician and leading her life as an openly gay woman..."
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Right response to Petraeus
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 (90 reads)
"U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, responded as all of Congress should to the ridiculous testimony of Gen. David Patraeus to the House. In an effort to gain congressional support for maintaining the occupation of Iraq, the U.S. commander claimed that President Bush's 'surge' strategy is succeeding.
In fact, as Baldwin noted, 'The new GAO report shows the Iraqi governmnet has failed to meet 15 of 18 benchmarks for success...'"
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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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