Mark Pocan

09/14/2026

The only health care "plan" we have seen from Trump and Republicans are hikes in premiums and cuts to Medicaid, and more of those to come under their "Big Beautiful Bill," putting millions of Americans at risk of losing their health care. That's not a plan, it's a betrayal.

The “Great Healthcare Plan” is more of an outline.

09/13/2026

Medicare's enduring popularity is proof that America can deliver healthcare that works. It's covered seniors for six decades. It's time we cover everyone!

09/12/2026

Trump isn't ending the war. And these headlines just keep on coming, practically daily.
https://apnews.com/article/diesel-prices-record-iran-war-636252b3b82326b41661ee5c4073dacb

Diesel prices in the U.S. has hit yet another record, soaring past $6 a gallon on average as Washington’s war with Iran disrupts the world’s flow of fuel.

09/11/2026

It's not rocket science. If a political leader demands you swear an oath of fealty and suggests you should commit illegal acts to keep them in power -- just say no.

09/11/2026

09/10/2026

So now it's $5,000 bribes that Trump will never deliver to attempt to make voters forget what they are paying for gas and food. What ever happened to those promised DOGE checks?

Americans are not fools, we know he lies daily.

09/10/2026

The glitzy Republican faux convention partying with their billionaire pals while Americans struggle to pay their mounting bills really says it all.

DALLAS — The Republican National Committee’s (RNC) first-ever midterm convention lived up to its “Trump-a-palooza” nickname as the two-day Dallas bash kicked off Wednesday. Posters of the preside…

09/10/2026

The U.S. is $40 trillion in debt. Yet Trump is attempting to bribe voters by making it rain monopoly money. He's made such fake promises before that never happened. And a big election bribe didn't work out so well for Elon Musk in Wisconsin.

09/10/2026

SNAP food assistance not only feeds American families, it builds resilient communities. Yet Trump continues to gut this basic need and spend more and more on DC gilded monuments and ballrooms. Over 3 million Americans have already lost SNAP benefits thanks to Trump, and next month even more Americans stand to lose access to food.

09/09/2026

I had fun seeing friends and making new ones while talking about what goes on in Congress at The Waterford at Fitchburg.