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Peters, Portman & Stabenow Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Boost Great Lakes Funding
by Rob C. Smith
At the beginning of March, the White House proposed gutting Environmental Protection Agency funding that pays for Great Lakes pollution cleanup by 97 percent, according to a budget document obtained by the National…
New “Muslim” Travel Ban Signed—Iraq Off List, Valid Visas Recognized
by Matt Ford
President Donald Trump signed a revised travel ban targeting the residents of six muslim countries: Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The new order is slated to go into effect a one minute after midnight on…
Washtenaw Among Least Vulnerable Counties Should ACA Be Repealed
by Nancy Derringer
Hundreds of thousands of state residents would likely be affected by a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, including those in counties that went hard for the law’s critic-in-chief, President-Elect Donald Trump,…
Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act Subsidies—Including for 676,000 Michigan Residents
by P.D. Lesko
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of the defendant in King vs. Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et. al.
The United State Supreme Court upheld the ability of millions of Americans who've used the…
Congressional Push for “Risk-Sharing” on Defaulted Student Loans Could Cripple WCC
Both Republican and Democratic U.S. Congressional leaders want to see colleges and universities, such Washtenaw Community College, have more skin in the game when it comes to paying for defaulted student loans. Such a policy shift could put…
Rep. Dingell to Host Tele-townhall to Help Constituents “Get Covered” Before Upcoming Health Insurance Deadline
With the end of open enrollment for the Health Insurance Marketplace quickly approaching, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) wants to ensure that those who remain uninsured or wish to re-enroll and have not yet done so have the…
Debbie Dingell Takes Her Seat in GOP Dominated House of Reps.
Let the Hunger Games begin and may luck be ever in her favor: Democrat Debbie Dingell was sworn in today and is expected to hit the ground running, much like Katniss Everdeen. A member of the 114th Congress, Mrs. Dingell will represent…
Debbie Dingell Makes History—Captures Husband’s Seat in U.S. House of Representatives
IN AN OCTOBER 2014 piece titled “Who to Watch in House Class of 2014” newly-elected Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) was dubbed one of the “operators.” Fundraising in the race for Michigan’s 12th congressional district was one-sided. Debbie…
President Obama Visiting Michigan Saturday to Stump for Schauer and Peters
by Rob Smith
President Barack Obama is planning to speak at Wayne State University on Saturday Nov. 1—the last weekend before Election Day to stump for Democratic candidates U.S. Senate nominee Gary Peters and gubernatorial candidate…
Gallup Poll: Slim Majority in U.S. Expect Republicans to Win the Senate
FIFTY-TWO PERCENT of Americans say they expect the Republican Party to win in the U.S. Senate, while an even larger majority, 63 percent, say Republicans will retain their majority in the House of Representatives.
Partisans on both sides…