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ICYMI: Wisconsin small business group pans health reform
Patty Murray
MADISON -- A group representing 12,000 of Wisconsin's smaller employers says the legislation is actually a tax bill in disguise.  Bill Smith, director of Wisconsin's chapter of the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB), says taxes and penalties in the bill offset any reforms aimed at his members.



Date: 3/25/2010
AP: Gap in health care law's protection for children
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

WASHINGTON — Hours after President Barack Obama signed historic health care legislation, a potential problem emerged. Administration officials are now scrambling to fix a gap in highly touted benefits for children. 

Obama made better coverage for children a centerpiece of his health care remake, but it turns out the letter of the law provided a less-than-complete guarantee that kids with health problems would not be shut out of coverage.

 

Date: 3/24/2010
Grassroots E-Gazette - March 19, 2010
Ryan Mahoney

Welcome to the WISGOP Grassroots E-Gazette, a weekly newsletter designed to keep you informed and to help you spread our conservative message to your networks across the state.

 

Date: 3/19/2010
Wisconsin AG charges ACORN workers with voter fraud

Here's yet more allegations of voter fraud by ACORN workers. Is it Monday already?:

Five Wisconsin residents have been charged with criminal counts of voter fraud in the November 2008 general election, state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced today.

Two of those charged, Maria Miles and Kevin Clancy, are workers for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), the embattled community group.

 


 

Date: 3/8/2010