Reconciliation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Early this morning, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) voted against Republicans’ budget reconciliation package, which funds the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) without any commonsense and necessary reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).   Senator Welch proposed several amendments and changes to…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, took to the Senate floor to underscore how President Trump is trying to swindle hardworking American taxpayers to pay for his $1 billion vanity project to reconstruct the White House’s historic East Wing.   In his remarks, Senator Welch outlined just a fraction of…

Bill will hurt Vermonters and tank the economy  WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following reaction to the recently unveiled text of the Republicans’ reconciliation bill:   “Republicans’ tax bill poses a very real threat to the American people and the American economy.…

As Republican Bill Takes Away Health Care from Millions of Americans, Senate Democrats Offer Common Sense Improvements to Medicaid and Empower Federal Watchdogs to Fight Real Fraud  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, this week joined Ranking…

Susan Walsh/Associated PressSen. Peter Welch joins Vermont Edition to discuss a recent meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa, the effects of the tariffs on Vermont, and Democrats’ struggle to regain a foothold in Washington. President Trump’s administration is urging the Senate to pass the…