Says U.S. Senate opponent Tommy Thompson "personally made over $3 million" from a federal contract granted to his healthcare company, but left 9/11 first responders "without the care they were promised."
Says U.S. Senate opponent Tommy Thompson favors raising taxes on small businesses.
"I led the fight to require the Coast Guard to buy their engines from us, not foreign companies."
Democrats failed to flip the Wisconsin state Senate because recall elections were in the "deepest red districts in the state."
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