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Former research fellow at Media Matters for America who has been blogging about politics since 2001.
President Joe Biden offered a preview of his federal budget proposal for fiscal year 2023, which included a plan to fund Medicare through 2050.
By Oliver Willis - March 08, 2023
Wisconsin will receive $250 million, funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, over five years to replace lead service lines.
By Oliver Willis - March 06, 2023
The announcement follows the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act’s $35 cap on out-of-pocket insulin costs for Medicare recipients.
By Oliver Willis - March 02, 2023
Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are requesting the EPA provide information so they can ensure that a grant program isn’t ‘a $100 million slush fund for far-left organizations.’
By Oliver Willis - February 28, 2023
The Biden administration sent low-income families billions of dollars in funding to help them pay electric and heating bills.
By Oliver Willis - February 24, 2023
In his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden announced a yet-to-be-introduced bill that would ban some extra fees charged by airlines, event promoters, hotels, and telecommunications companies.
By Oliver Willis - February 21, 2023
Laws Biden signed as part of his investment in infrastructure and economic recovery have helped pay for interstate repair and electric buses in Wisconsin.
By Oliver Willis - February 17, 2023
Republicans in Wisconsin have tried to enact several voter suppression policies in recent years.
By Oliver Willis - February 16, 2023
President Joe Biden’s 100th confirmed judicial nominee is Judge Gina Mendez-Miro of Puerto Rico.
By Oliver Willis - February 14, 2023
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is the second prominent Republican to announce a 2024 presidential campaign, following former President Donald Trump.
By Oliver Willis - February 14, 2023
House Republicans introduced a bill to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act, which caps drug costs and allows the government to negotiate prices.
By Oliver Willis - February 10, 2023
President Joe Biden reiterated his promise to veto GOP efforts to cut Social Security and Medicare.
By Oliver Willis - February 09, 2023
Landmark legislation enacted during the first two years of President Joe Biden’s first term has invested billions of dollars in infrastructure and jobs.
By Oliver Willis - February 06, 2023
The latest jobs report shows unemployment at its lowest level since 1969.
By Oliver Willis - February 03, 2023
As of Jan. 1, some buyers can claim up to $7,500 in federal tax credits when they purchase a new electric vehicle that costs under $55,000.
By Oliver Willis - February 02, 2023
The department denied the House Judiciary Committee chair’s demands for access to information on President Biden because it would ‘risk jeopardizing’ investigations.
By Oliver Willis - January 31, 2023
Donald Trump’s administration had tried to open old-growth forests in Alaska and Minnesota to logging and mining.
By Oliver Willis - January 30, 2023
A provision in the Inflation Reduction Act caps the cost of insulin for some Medicare recipients starting this year, and Democrats support a similar rule for privately insured Americans as well.
By Oliver Willis - January 26, 2023
Even with public opinion against them, Republicans are continuing to push measures to restrict abortion.
By Oliver Willis - January 20, 2023
Over 1.4 million Wisconsin residents and 100,000 businesses have benefited from Gov. Tony Evers’ pandemic relief program, which is supported by federal funding.
By Oliver Willis - January 20, 2023
Supporters of the so-called ‘fair tax’ proposal, which would raise the cost of consumer goods, include Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
By Oliver Willis - January 18, 2023
As Biden and Democrats fight rising costs, Republicans are focused on restricting abortion rights and investigating federal law enforcement.
By Oliver Willis - January 13, 2023
President Obama’s landmark health care law not only remains in effect after 12 years but continues to be popular, while Republicans have given up efforts to repeal it.
By Oliver Willis - January 12, 2023
The government would lose an estimated $185 billion in tax revenue over the next decade if the bill became law.
By Oliver Willis - January 10, 2023
The latest jobs report shows that the unemployment rate has also reached a 50-year low.
By Oliver Willis - January 06, 2023
Police officers who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6 and 2020 election officials will also receive the second-highest civilian award in the United States.
By Oliver Willis - January 05, 2023
Funds for the grants come from the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure, Investment, and Jobs Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law on Nov. 15, 2021.
By Oliver Willis - January 04, 2023
The White House condemned the ‘cruel’ and ‘dangerous’ action to leave more than 100 migrants, including children, outside the vice president’s residence on Christmas Eve.
By Oliver Willis - December 29, 2022
Republicans criticized the President’s decision to release fuel from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve throughout 2022. It ended up bringing the U.S. billions of dollars and aligned with lower gas prices.
By Oliver Willis - December 20, 2022
Before Joe Biden’s presidency, only eight Black women had been nominated and confirmed to the court in U.S. history.
By Oliver Willis - December 15, 2022