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Pierce Democrats
Holiday Party
Tuesday, December 16
6:00 PM Social Time
6:00 PM Dinner

Junior's Restaurant & Tap House
414 S Main St, River Falls, WI

Let’s gather together to enjoy the spirit of the season and prepare for the coming year with hope and joy.

$20 per person; pay at the door.
To save your seat(s), please RSVP by Dec 12 with the names of everyone in your party to PierceCtyDems@gmail.com

M E N U
~ Social Time ~
Meat and Cheese Board

~ Dinner ~
Rosemary Chicken
Pork Tenderloin
Yukon Mashed Potatoes
Green Bean Almondine
House Salad and Rolls

< Servers will be available for paid drink orders. >

November 10, 2025

Congressional Wisconsin Republicans Will Raise Health Care Costs for Working Wisconsinites

MADISON, Wis. — With health care premiums set to more than double for working families, Derrick Van Orden has dismissed continued funding as “partisan demands” while Tom Tiffany directed Republican colleagues to “hold firm” in their position that will raise health care costs for Wisconsinites. Republicans have fought against affordable health care at every turn, and this deal rips away the critical ACA funding Wisconsinites rely on.

“Derrick Van Orden and Tom Tiffany are clear on their priorities—cut health care for everyday people to pay for over a trillion dollars in tax breaks for billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos,” said Democratic Party of Wisconsin Communications Director Philip Shulman. “Make no mistake—Wisconsin Republicans voted to take away ACA funding, will do so again in December, and Wisconsinites will suffer for it.”

Additionally, almost half of all people with ACA coverage are small business owners, employees or self-employed. Without these tax credits, business owners will be unable to provide coverage for employees and face staffing shortages because people simply will not be able to work for small businesses. Tiffany has long looked for an angle to walk back the Affordable Care Act and Van Orden’s campaign website once called for “the last vestiges of the disastrous Obamacare” to be removed. Republicans will use this opportunity to raise the cost of living for working Wisconsinites.

See below for quick facts and a more detailed breakdown of how ACA premium increases will impact different counties and age groups:

If premiums increase, over 277,000 Wisconsinites could face higher health care costs, leaving many families struggling to afford other essential expenses.
Republicans already jeopardized health care for 276,175 Wisconsinites when they passed the Big Ugly Bill in July. Now, these new premium hikes will only make it harder for working families to get the care they need.
The vast majority — 71% — of Americans oppose cuts to Medicaid.
Over 300,000 Wisconsinites signed up for the ACA for 2025.
Over half — 55% — of Republicans oppose these cuts.
73% of Independents oppose these cuts as well.
Republicans know how unpopular their health care crisis is – that’s why, behind closed doors, congressional Republicans privately admit their cuts to health care are a major vulnerability.

Source: https://wisdems.org/news/

October 24, 2025

Moms Demand Action and I'm Right With Them

Transcript:

Jeff: Hi folks, thanks for joining us today. This is Jeff Smith, Senate District 31. And I’m joined today by a group who’ve come to talk to us about gun safety, and this is Moms Demand Action for common sense gun sense in America. And do you want to introduce yourselves here?

Lisa: Sure. Hi, I’m Lisa, I am a researcher at Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.

Mariah: I’m Mariah, I’m a mother of two from Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Terri: I’m Terri, I’m a mother of three and a grandma of four from here in Madison. And Moms Demand Action is a nonpartisan group, and we have volunteers all over, almost 11 million members and we are in each state of this country.

Smith: Wow, that’s really something, and I like when you say it’s nonpartisan and it’s about common sense. (Absolutely) You know, and so let’s start with common sense. We talk about what people commonly call Red Flag Laws or Extreme Risk Protection Orders. For me that’s the most common sense and should be the easiest to pass because it’s really about suicide prevention. And so families are able to go to a judge and say, we’re really concerned about this family member and all we want is to temporarily remove the guns from our house and put them in a safe place until we get some help.

Lisa: Yeah, so Wisconsin could join 21 states, D.C., and the Virgin Islands in passing this law. There is a rigorous process, again, you have to go before a judge who ultimately decides whether to grant or deny this. And in my work on these laws around the country, I have seen the impact that they have in suicide prevention and preventing mass shootings. We have great data on the role of ERPOs in suicide prevention and mass shooting prevention, and it is a great tool to address the various forms of gun violence in Wisconsin.

(For a complete transcript go to Senator Smith's website.)

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Senator Smith currently represents District 31 in the Wisconsin State Senate. The 31st Senate District currently includes portions of Dunn, Eau Claire, and Trempealeau counties. While he doesn't represent Pierce County specifically, Senator Smith endures to represent everyone in Wisconsin.

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For more from Senator Smith, go to his website at:
https://legis.wisconsin.gov/senate/31/smith/.