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Even though his family at one point had three homes in the Northwoods, federal disbursement reports show that Sean Duffy has stuck taxpayers with 27
hotel bills in his own district.

In anticipation of the first U.S. Senate debate, Wisconsin Democrats released a new web video featuring news coverage of Washington insider Tommy Thompson's vow to Tea Party extremists that he would "do away with" Medicare and turn it into a voucher program.

Following is the statement from the Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate on the Supreme Court Voter I.D. Decision

After a video surfaced this week of Tommy Thompson making comments to a Tea Party group promising to "do away" with Medicare and Medicaid, Thompson is now saying he wants to “reform” the programs with a plan to privatize medicare, replacing it with VoucherCare. Thompson's plan provides billions in new profits to big insurance companies, and for seniors he offers a voucher instead of the guaranteed coverage they earned and paid for, sticking them with a $6000 increase in out-of-pocket costs.

Democrats say the Republican plan for Medicare is exemplified in a June video of Tommy Thompson.

Mitt Romney is out with a new ad today that has him in full damage control mode after video surfaced of him dismissing nearly half of Americans.

As the first Wisconsin U.S. Senate debate nears, video showing Tommy Thompson telling Tea Party activists that he would “do away with Medicaid and Medicare” and that Medicare should wither on the vine because it is "impossible to fix," has gained national attention.

Only when a candidate starts talking about ending entitlement programs -- as in “doing away” with them -- can we be serious about the immediate threat those programs actually face. Meet Tommy Thompson, former Republican governor of Wisconsin, former Bush/Cheney administration secretary of health and human services, former candidate for the Republican nomination for president, and mentor to Paul Ryan.

Tommy Thompson was greeted at an event today by the "Tomney" Taxman, who will follow the Washington insider across Wisconsin urging him to release 10 years of his state and federal tax returns.