Speaker Paul Ryan calls Pres. Trump's immigrant remarks 'unfortunate' and 'unhelpful'
MILWAUKEE -- A day after reports President Donald Trump used an insulting term to describe Haiti and African countries, the Speaker of the House offered his response.
‘Fire and Fury' book: Kenosha’s Reince Priebus called President Trump an “idiot”
MILWAUKEE -- Former White House Chief of Staff and Kenosha native Reince Priebus was among the top administration officials who joked about President Donald Trump's intelligence, according to a book about the inner workings of the administration.
6 big stories from 2017 in Wisconsin politics
MILWAUKEE -- From the Milwaukee County Courthouse to the White House, 2017 was a pivotal year in politics.
It's a done deal: Pres. Trump celebrates after Congress wraps up massive tax package
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump cheered a massive overhaul of U.S. tax laws Wednesday, saying "we broke every record."Flanked by Republican lawmakers, the president took a bow outside the White House shortly after the House finished its last-minute re-vote to pass the $1.5 trillion bill that provides generous tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest Americans while providing smaller cuts for middle- and low-income families.Democrats call the legislation a boon to the rich that leaves middle-class and working Americans behind.President Trump said the effort had "been an amazing experience" and claimed it resulted in "the largest tax cut in the history of our country."Actually, President Trump's cuts are nowhere near the largest in U.S. historyThe vote was 224-201 and came hours after the Senate's early morning passage along party-lines.Republicans cheered when the vote tally hit the magic number for passage, and again when the final vote was announced.
Paul Ryan tells GOP he has no intention of quitting Speaker's job
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan has told fellow Republicans he has no intention to step down.In a closed-door meeting with rank-and-file members on Tuesday, Ryan indicated that it made no sense to leave "when we're winning and have the momentum."That's according to Rep.
Giddy Republicans celebrate major tax victory ahead of vote
WASHINGTON — Giddy Republicans took a victory lap on Tuesday hours before their big vote on the most sweeping overhaul of the nation's tax laws in more than three decades.
In Kenosha, group urges Ryan, Pelosi to release names of lawmakers who've settled harassment suits
KENOSHA -- A group is calling for House Speaker Paul Ryan and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to take the next step in an ongoing controversy.The group "National Action Network" gathered outside Ryan's office in Kenosha Monday morning, December 11th.They're urging congressional leaders to release the names of federal lawmakers who have settled harassment lawsuits using public money.The group came from Michigan from the district of former Congressman John Conyers, who recently resigned after allegations came to light.
Speaker Ryan disagrees with nonpartisan analysis that shows GOP tax bill would add $1T to deficit
MILWAUKEE -- The Republican tax bill was in flux Thursday, November 30th hours before a planned vote, as GOP senators struggled to find agreement on how the legislation would impact business taxes and the federal deficit.
Speaker Ryan marches GOP tax bill toward Thursday vote, but Milwaukee realtors aren't sold
MILWAUKEE -- Opposition to Republican bills that overhaul the U.S. tax code came from Milwaukee realtors and local activists on Wednesday, November 15th, one day before Speaker Paul Ryan scheduled a vote on the House floor.
Speaker Paul Ryan: House to require lawmakers to get training to prevent sexual harassment
WASHINGTON — Speaker Paul Ryan has announced that the House will adopt a policy requiring all members of Congress and their staffs to undergo training to prevent sexual harassment.The announcement comes shortly after the Committee on House Administration held a hearing during which two female lawmakers shared stories about current members of Congress engaging in sexual harassment.Ryan says in a statement, "our goal is not only to raise awareness, but also make abundantly clear that harassment in any form has no place in this institution."Earlier Tuesday, Rep.
"Turning point for southeast Wisconsin:" Gov. Scott Walker, Foxconn leader sign plant contract
RACINE -- It is being called the largest development deal ever in Wisconsin.
Report: Paul Ryan challenger paid off delinquent child support
MILWAUKEE — A Democratic challenger to Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan paid off delinquent child support two months after entering the race, a newspaper reported Tuesday.The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported union ironworker Randy Bryce, who calls himself "Iron Stache" and has emphasized his blue-collar background, was delinquent on paying his child support for nearly two years.The state placed a lien on Bryce's property holdings in September 2015 because he had fallen behind on his child support.
20 GOP House members press Speaker Ryan to act quickly on DACA legislation
WASHINGTON — Nearly two dozen House Republicans are pressing Speaker Paul Ryan to act quickly on legislation protecting some 800,000 young immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children.The lawmakers say efforts to grant such deportation protection would easily pass the House, with dozens of Republicans set to join with Democrats in backing any bill.The status of these immigrants is uncertain.
"This will be a game-changer:" GOP tax plan slashes corporate rate, cut for wealthy
WASHINGTON — With fanfare and a White House kickoff, House Republicans unfurled a broad tax-overhaul plan Thursday that would touch virtually all Americans and the economy's every corner, mingling sharply lower rates for corporations and reduced personal taxes for many with fewer deductions for home-buyers and families with steep medical bills.The measure, which would be the most extensive rewrite of the nation's tax code in three decades, is the product of a party that faces increasing pressure to produce a marquee legislative victory of some sort before next year's elections.
Wisconsin lawmakers react to Pres. Trump aide indictments; some had more to say than others
DARIEN -- President Donald Trump moved quickly Monday, October 30th to distance himself and the White House from the indictment of his former campaign chairman and another aide.
"Not the answer:" Speaker Ryan backs Pres. Trump on ending health care subsidies
MADISON -- House Speaker Paul Ryan says Congress shouldn't add back the Affordable Care Act subsidies that President Donald Trump is cutting.
Speaker Ryan: Senate is biggest obstacle to passing tax cut
MADISON — House Speaker Paul Ryan said Monday that the biggest obstacle to passing a Republican-authored federal tax overhaul plan is the GOP-controlled Senate because of its narrow majority, but he believes it will prevail this year with bipartisan support.Ryan told the audience at a Wisconsin chamber of commerce luncheon that he remains "bullish" on the $6 trillion tax cut plan passing yet this year because Republicans in both the Senate and House "more or less agree on this, on how it should go.""We spent four months negotiating with the Senate and the White House, what tax reform would look like, at the front end of the situation, at the front end of the process so we can nail the landing at the end of the year," Ryan said. "So I am far more bullish."Ryan's comments came as President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pledged after a White House meeting on Monday to work together on overhauling taxes.
Speaker Paul Ryan backs President Trump on ending health insurance subsidies
MADISON — House Speaker Paul Ryan says he does not want to "shovel more money at a failing program" to replace federal subsidies that President Donald Trump is eliminating that help make health insurance more affordable.Ryan told reporters Monday that he supports the president's decision last week to end the subsidies.