Tammy Baldwin

Q & A with Rep. Mark Pocan ignores the real issues

Given the seriousness of the threat to the nation's sovereignty and rule of law posed by the federal government's irresponsible immigration policy, you would think that the Wisconsin State Journal's September 20 Q&A with U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (D-2nd) might have chosen far more serious issues to discuss than gay rights, Pocan's opinion of the GOP presidential candidates and why he moved to a rural area from Madison. Read more about Q & A with Rep. Mark Pocan ignores the real issues

The hypocrisy of today's progressive politicians

During their appearance at the September 13 "Fighting Bob Fest" in Baraboo, WI, Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Rep. Mark Pocan (2nd) paid tribute to the century-old core message of progressives like the late Sen. Robert M. La Follette:  End Corporate America's smothering influence on the federal government. 

"As long as we have corporations more interested in profits than in people, progressives have to keep fighting," said Pocan. Read more about The hypocrisy of today's progressive politicians

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