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 Wednesday, January 27, 2010
I just finished delivering my first State of the Union address.
I set out an urgent plan for restoring economic security for struggling middle class families. This is my top priority, but I cannot do it alone -- and that's why I'm writing to you now.
Tonight, I called on Congress to enact reforms and new initiatives to defend the middle class -- to create millions of new jobs, support small businesses, and drive up wages; to invest in the education of our children and the clean energy technology that must power our future; and to protect the economy from reckless Wall Street abuses. |
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Grant to Train Nearly 3,000 for Jobs |
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 Wednesday, January 20, 2010
MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today announced a $6 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant to expand Wisconsin’s Apprenticeship Program and train nearly 3,000 workers for clean energy jobs in building trades and manufacturing. |
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Feingold Urges Obama To Address Deficit, Jobs |
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 Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is urging President Obama to address deficit reduction and job creation in his upcoming State of the Union address. Feingold has made controlling government spending and job creation two of his top legislative priorities for 2010. To address skyrocketing federal deficits, Feingold recently introduced the Control Spending Now Act, legislation made up of more than 40 proposals to reduce the deficit by about one half trillion dollars. In a letter to the president, Feingold acknowledged that President Obama had inherited perhaps “the worst domestic economic mess” since the Great Depression and stated the importance of putting the government’s fiscal policies on a sustainable course. |
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Kagen Applauds Senate On Health Care |
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 Thursday, December 24, 2009
APPLETON, WI - Congressman Steve Kagen, M.D. congratulates the United States Senate on their passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, moving America one step closer to meaningful health care reform.
“On this Christmas Eve, everyone in America is a winner. The Senate just made history by passing life saving insurance reform legislation to begin to secure access to care for all of us,” Dr. Kagen said. “Yesterday, a woman came up to me while shopping for gifts and said all she wanted for Christmas was a health care bill that would cover her family and small business employees. Well, the Congress was listening and responded.” |
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