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ICYMI: Republican Rep. Van Orden changes position, votes to extend ACA subsidies MADISON, Wis. — On Friday, a new report detailed Rep. Derrick Van Orden’s blatant flip-flop on the Affordable Care Act. Van Orden only voted with Democrats to continue ACA tax credits after they had already expired and Wisconsinites saw their health care costs […]

WisDems Statement On Van Orden ACA Election Year Theatrics  Van Orden’s campaign website still calls for the repeal of the ACA. MADISON, Wis. — In response to Rep. Derrick Van Orden doing a complete 180 after years of trying to undermine and defund the Affordable Care Act, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Philip Devin Remiker released […]

Fundraising Failure: GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Tiffany Comes Up Short in January Finance Report MADISON, Wis. — New reporting details GOP Gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany’s anemic finance report ahead of the January 15 reporting deadline. A top Republican strategist recently stated that Tiffany “needs to be north of $3 million raised” and anything below is […]

Will Wisconsin Republicans Stray From Trump To Protect Health Care? Probably Not Congress will vote on renewing the ACA premium tax credit tomorrow, which the GOP let expire on December 31st. Over 270,000 Wisconsinites saw their health care prices increase as a result of the credits expiring. Tom Tiffany, Derrick Van Orden, and Bryan Steil […]

WisDems Chair Statement on ICE Executing American Citizen MADISON, Wis. — In response to ICE executing an American citizen, WisDems Chair Devin Remiker released the following statement: “A 37-year-old American citizen is dead because the Trump administration has directed ICE to act with zero regard for the law and to incite violence in our communities. […]

ROUND UP: Wisconsinites Face Skyrocketing Health Care Costs As A Result Of Republican Lawmakers  MADISON, Wis. — On January 1st, Wisconsinites faced sticker shock as Republicans kicked off the new year with a cruel attack on health care. By refusing to continue critical ACA funding that nearly 300,000 Wisconsinites rely on, Republicans are forcing families, […]

REMINDER: GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Tiffany Voted to Overturn 2020 Presidential Election MADISON, Wis. — Tom Tiffany is an unapologetic election denier who has spent years spreading Donald Trump’s false election conspiracy theories and will stop at nothing to force his radical agenda on Wisconsin. Tiffany voted to overturn President Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania and […]

ICYMI: U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany criticizes ‘billionaire loophole’ but voted for law that created it MADISON, Wis. — Reporting from the Wisconsin Examiner reveals that Tom Tiffany voted for the loophole that allowed billionaire Elon Musk to spend millions of dollars earlier this year in a failed attempt to elect a conservative judge to the […]

ROUND UP: Wisconsin Democrats Fight for Health Care in Freezing Cold and Slam Tom Tiffany for Voting to Raise Premiums MADISON, Wis. — On Monday, Democrats and ACA recipients across Wisconsin gathered in the freezing cold after an arctic blast covered the state over the weekend to fight for affordable health care.  In Madison, Senate […]