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“We are damned if we do and, damned if we don’t” – Congresswoman Gwen Moore

While in town for the weekend after recovering from knee replacement surgery, Congresswoman Gwen Moore took time to speak to The Courier about her thoughts of the crisis in Syria. On August 21 there was an attack against the rebel forces fighting the government of Syria in which reports state that there were 281 to as high as 1,429 rebels killed by the chemical weapon, sarin. On September 9, 2013 Congresswoman Moore and the House of Representatives were scheduled to hear opinion, debate and vote on a resolution to use military force against the government of Syria headed by Bashar al-Assad.

The congresswoman pointed out that the resolution of US military action by President Obama was significantly modified by the Senate. “The resolution has evolved into changing the momentum of the battlefield to create favorable conditions for a settlement that ends the conflict and leads to a democratic government.” “We don’t even know what we are voting for at this point. It (modified resolution) sounds like regime change. There seems to be no limitations.” A subsequent email to The Courier clarified that ground troops are still barred in the Senate resolution.

Dear Friends, Thank you for visiting my site regarding the upcoming Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus.  As many of you know, this year, I have the honor of serving as Co-Chair of the Conference and I’m looking forward to seeing many of my fellow Wisconsin friends and family in Washington.  This year’s

APPLETON — Wisconsin has never sent a woman to the U.S. Senate or elected a female governor, and just more than a quarter of the seats in the state Legislature are held by women.

Emerge Wisconsin is poised to change that.

Modeled on a national program, the Madison-based nonprofit is training a generation of progressive, Democratic women how to run for public office and win.

“(The program) helped me to consolidate the campaign structure and it helped me to be more effective in my message,” said state Rep. Penny Bernard Schaber, D-Appleton, who completed the training alongside state Sen. Jessica King, D-Oshkosh, in 2007.

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Congresswoman Moore talks to Mike Gousha of WISN (ABC) about Proposed Changes to Medicare. {qtube vid:=gztl0nBEs5Y&feature=channel_video_title w:=580 h:=360 b:=1 c1:=0b8241 c2:=16cc68 ap:=0 rel:=0}

Milwaukee, Wis. — U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) made the following statement after President Obama named Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz to chair the Democratic National Committee: “President Obama made an excellent choice in choosing my good friend Congresswoman Wasserman-Schultz to help lead the Democratic Party. “Debbie and I came to Congress together and having her in