MADISON, Wis. — On Friday, a new report detailed Rep. Derrick Van Orden’s blatant flip-flop on the Affordable Care Act. Van Orden only voted with Democrats to continue ACA tax credits after they had already expired and Wisconsinites saw their health care costs skyrocket. Despite this eleventh-hour vote, he continues to oppose the ACA and previously voted to end the very tax credits that would keep coverage affordable for thousands of families.

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DE PERE, Wis. - Today, School Board Member Brandy Tollefson (D-De Pere) announced her candidacy for the 88th Assembly District. Tollefson currently serves as the Treasurer for the Unified School District of De Pere School Board and works as an accounting manager. Tollefson released the following statement:

MADISON, WI – Democrats across Wisconsin have demonstrated their commitment to fighting for public education funding this week. State Representative Robyn Vining reintroduced her ‘Save Our Schools’ Act, aimed at increasing the rate at which special education is reimbursed and increasing the per-pupil funding in our schools. Similarly, Senator Jeff Smith is drafting a bill that would also increase the rate of special education reimbursement.

MADISON, Wis. — After today’s senate vote where Republicans refused to continue crucial ACA subsidies, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Devin Remiker released the following statement:

“With this vote, Republicans are doubling down on their agenda that steals health care from the working class to fund tax breaks for the billionaires like Elon Musk. Wisconsin House Republicans, led by Tom Tiffany, content with their taxpayer funded health care, have made clear that they will vote against health care funding for the rest of Wisconsin. As a result nearly 300,000 Wisconsinites may have to choose between paying for their medicine and paying for their increasingly costly groceries.

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Senator Ron Johnson voted against extending enhanced ACA premium tax credits that 271,589 Wisconsinites rely on to afford their health care. Starting on January 1, Wisconsin families will see their monthly health care premiums increase by an average of 114% — all because Senate Republicans refused to act. Republicans have no plan to lower health care costs. Meanwhile, Democrats put forward a common-sense, clean extension of the ACA tax credits — which nearly 75% of Americans support — but once again, Republicans have thrown everyday Wisconsinites under the bus to protect their billionaire tax cuts.

MADISON, Wis. — Whether it’s openly admitting the GOP has no plan on the ACA or doing everything he can to criminalize abortion, Tom Tiffany is a health care nightmare for Wisconsinites. From his time in the state legislature to the halls of Congress, Tiffany has proven to be an extremist, wanting to go so far as to criminalize abortion and being open to tracking women who cross state lines to have this medical procedure.

“Tom Tiffany is the most dangerous threat to the health of Wisconsin women since the overturn of Roe v. Wade—which he celebrated as he attempted to imprison health care providers and implement a six week abortion ban,” said Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokesperson Emily Stuckey. “Tom Tiffany’s extremist record on co-sponsoring national abortion bans and voting for no exceptions for rape or incest speaks for itself.”

• Tom Tiffany co-sponsored a bill to criminalize abortion after six weeks

• Tiffany co-sponsored a 15-week abortion ban

• Tiffany voted to ban abortion after 20 weeks with no exceptions for rape or incest

• Tiffany voted against protections for patients seeking care across state lines

Read Below for Tom Tiffany’s Extremist Record on Abortion and Contraception:

• Tom Tiffany co-sponsored the 2023 Heartbeat Protection Act which would criminalize abortion after six weeks.

• As a state senator, Tiffany voted for a 2015 bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks with no exceptions for rape or incest and imposed criminal penalties of up to three years in prison for providers who attempted to provide abortion care.

  • When asked about this vote, Tiffany said “that was the right vote to take.”

• Tom Tiffany co-sponsored a 15-week national abortion ban and said it “puts some reasonable restrictions around abortion.”

• Tiffany also co-sponsored bills to exclude abortions from Medicaid coverage and prohibit the use of federal funds for health insurance covering abortions.

• When Roe v. Wade was overturned, Tiffany celebrated it as a “historic victory for human rights.”

• After Roe v. Wade was overturned, Tiffany voted against codifying the right to an abortion into law.

• Tom Tiffany voted against a 2022 bill that would keep any person from interfering with patients crossing state lines to seek abortion care and allow FDA approved drugs for pregnancy termination to cross state lines.

• Tiffany voted against the Right to Contraception Act which would establish a statutory right for individuals to obtain contraception and health care providers to provide it.

• Tom Tiffany voted against a bill requiring the Veterans Affairs Department to cover the cost of contraception for veterans without a copay.

• In 2016, Tiffany voted to restrict Medicaid reimbursement payments for dispensing birth control for clinics associated with abortion providers.

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