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Washington— Today, several Democratic Members of Congress, along with the Executive Director of Americans for Tax Fairness, Frank Clemente, released a major new report on the extent of Pfizer’s tax dodging and price gouging, as well as a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew urging the Administration to use its executive authority to deny the tax benefits of the proposed corporate inversion.
WASHINGTON — Reps. Mark Pocan (D-WI) and Keith Ellison (D-MN) sent a letter to PBS urging the moderators of Thursday’s Democratic Debate in Milwaukee to bring up the topic of voting rights.
The text of the letter is below and available online here.
Dear Public Broadcasting Service:
WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI) launched the bipartisan Congressional Rural Broadband Caucus with Reps. Peter Welch (D-VT), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), and Bob Latta (R-OH) to facilitate discussion, educate Members of Congress and develop policy solutions to close the digital divide in rural America.
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) released the following statement after Rep. Reid Ribble (WI-08) announced he was not seeking re-election for another term in Congress.
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) released the following statement on the sixth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC.
“It has been six years since the Supreme Court opened the campaign spending floodgates, which gave corporate money unlimited influence over our elections,” said Rep. Pocan. “Since then, roughly half-a-billion dollars have been spent on our elections from secret sources.”
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) and Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) launched the bipartisan Congressional Cooperative Business Caucus, which will promote greater awareness of the cooperative business model and help policymakers enact co-op friendly legislation.
By David Dahmer
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said last month that Muslims should be banned from entering the country for security concerns. Earlier, he argued that he would “strongly consider” shutting down U.S. mosques in response to the Paris attacks.
By Laurel White
At one point during Tuesday night’s State of the Union, northeast Madison Ald. Samba Baldeh was near tears.
By Hillary Gavan
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, the Madison congressman who represents Beloit at the nation’s capital, was one of nearly 20 Democrats who brought along Muslim guests to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday.
“We appreciate diversity. We know we are a nation of immigrants,” Pocan said.