Hassett knew how to reach across the aisle

Two parties, two visions

Published: September 4, 2012
Tags: Barack Obama, democrat, democratic party, Joe Biden, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Republican, Republican Party

Listening to Republicans, a vote for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan is imperative to save the nation.

House approves Republican deficit-cutting plan

Published: March 29, 2012
Tags: deficit, Obama, President Barack Obama, Republican, U. S. House of Representatives

Republicans pushed an election-year, $3.5 trillion budget through the House on Thursday that relies on biting spending cuts and a revamping of Medicare to curb massive federal deficits, drawing a sharp contrast with how President Barack Obama and Democrats would tackle the nation’s fiscal problems.

Letter to the editor: Rail deserves a second look

Published: November 26, 2010
Tags: airport, bridge, GOP, high-speed rail, highway, Milwaukee, Obama, Rail, Republican, ridership, stimulus, Talgo, train, Washington, Wisconsin

To the editor: We write as two Republican leaders from a similar-sized state and suggest Wisconsin GOP leaders might want to take another look at intercity rail. Wisconsin was one of the lead states in receiving stimulus monies for what the Obama administration calls high-speed rail. Actually what it is could more accurately be described [...]

Congressmen: Use high-speed rail money to cut deficit

Published: November 16, 2010
Tags: federal deficit, high-speed rail, Pat Goss, Paul Ryan, Rail, Ray LaHood, Republican, Sensenbrenner, Tom Petri, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, WTBA
Comments: 12

By Joe Lanane Three Republican congressmen from Wisconsin say the state should be allowed to return the $810 million in stimulus money designated for high-speed rail to the federal government to help reduce the nation‘s deficit. U.S. Reps. Jim Sensenbrenner of Brookfield, Paul Ryan of Janesville and Tom Petri of Fond du Lac introduced legislation [...]

Senate race centers on Social Security

Published: October 1, 2010
Tags: democrat, election, George W. Bush, Paul Ryan, Pommer, Ponzi scheme, Republican, retirement, Ron Johnson, Russ Feingold, Social Security, tax, U.S. Senate

By Matt Pommer Republican Ron Johnson says most people now in their 20s, 30s and 40s don’t expect Social Security to be around when they retire. Johnson has been riding the Social Security issue in his bid to oust Democrat Russ Feingold from the U.S. Senate. Johnson is seeking senior citizen votes by claiming Social [...]

Politics lurk behind lawsuit over stem cells

Published: September 17, 2010
Tags: bioscience, biotechnical, democrat, Doyle, Justice Department, lawsuit, Obama, Republican, research, stem cell, Van Hollen

By Matt Pommer Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has ducked out of representing the state in a legal fight over a federal court ruling blocking the U.S. government from spending money on stem-cell research. A weak excuse, offered by a spokesman, was the attorney general‘s office didn’t have all the necessary legal materials, including [...]

Roofing contractor Ribble wins GOP primary, will take on Kagen  

Published: September 15, 2010
Tags: 8th District, GOP, Kagen, National Roofing Contractors Association, primary, Reid Ribble, Republican, Ribble Group

By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — A businessman making his first run for public office defeated two more experienced politicians Tuesday for the Republican Party’s nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Steve Kagen. Voters in Wisconsin’s 8th District picked Reid Ribble of Kaukauna over state Rep. Roger Roth and former state Rep. [...]

Health care debate offers market medicine

Published: August 20, 2010
Tags: Congress, democrat, health care, Health Care Reform Act, Medicare, Paul Ryan, Pommer, Republican, Richard Lamm

By Matt Pommer “The miracles of modern medicine are simply outrunning the public’s ability to pay for them.” Almost a quarter-century has passed since then-Colorado Gov. Richard Lamm made that statement. Soaring private health insurance and looming growth in Medicare in intervening years may seem to some to underline the view. “You can’t afford to [...]

State needs answers to health care costs

Published: August 13, 2010
Tags: BadgerCare Core Plan, BadgerCare Plus, Congress, democrat, governor, Health Care Reform Act, Mark Neumann, Medicaid, Obama, Republican, Scott Walker, SeniorCare

Matt Pommer The leading Republican gubernatorial candidates say they are opposed to the Health Care Reform Act recently passed by the Democratic Congress and signed by President Obama. That’s just swell, but they should be telling us how they plan to handle state health issues connected to BadgerCare Plus, BadgerCare Core Plan, SeniorCare and Medicaid. [...]