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While health care has been getting plenty of discussion on a national level, an area community was chiming in on Tuesday.

Mickey Judkins has nine employees for her women's clothing business in Eau Claire.

President Barack Obama's administration has made two U.S. Department of Agriculture appointments affecting Wisconsin.

The Obama Administration Monday has appointed Brad Pfaff to serve as Wisconsin State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency at the U.S. Department of Agriculture .

Lobbying intensifies as climate bill vote approaches - House Democrats say they have the votes to pass a major climate change bill Friday, thanks to some intense lobbying and President Obama's intervention.

Dairy farmers are in a losing position right now. Anthony Totzke and his father, Carl, milk more than 200 cows and work 750 acres in land.

The House will vote on its big climate and energy bill either tomorrow or Saturday, which means that right now, the Democratic leadership is working furiously to wrench arms and whip up enough votes to assure passage.

Health care has long been a controversial and complicated focus of national attention.

An attack on the software license behind the Linux operating system has stirred up a free software controversy in Washington.

Local dairy farmers are losing about $100 a month for each cow milked on their farm, said a Greenwood man who has lobbied lawmakers in the nation's capital for more support.

Delegates to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin convention in Green Bay tapped Lt.

The Wisconsin Humane Society went to the Valley View Mall in La Crosse, Wisconsin to view the "Mystical Magic of the Endangered" act.

President Barack Obama conducts a town hall meeting on health care reform Thursday at Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis.

Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. saw his net worth take a $2 million+ drop in 2008 according to figures accidentally released by the Clerk of the House of Representatives today, Wednesday, June 10th, 2009.

Washington Democrats have begun organizing house parties, sending e-mails to friends and writing letters to the editor in an effort to build grass-roots support for sweeping health care reform this year.

As an Eau Claire resident and small-business owner, and an advocate for AARP Wisconsin, I commend U.S. Rep.

U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert has joined U.S. Rep. Ron Kind in introducing legislation to ensure that students in the military are not forced to pay off unused college costs because they have been called into active service.

Washington Russ Feingold , who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is inviting constituents to use his Web site to submit their views about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor .

House Ways and Means Committee Democrats are likely to punt on their opportunity to help shape climate-change legislation, given a tiny window for action, zero agreement among panel members and a desire to focus instead on health care.

According to the NAB , a majority of the U.S. House of Representatives now opposes the controversial performance royalty rate.