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International Women’s Day: Keep Progress Alive
This past year we’ve seen a lot of progress for the rights of women. We should take today, March 8th, International Women’s Day, as a time to make sure that we don’t lose our stride. While International Women’s Day has been informally celebrated since the early 1900s, the United Nations officially recognized it in 1975, [...]
Highlights: 2013 State of the Union
We hope you enjoyed the President’s State of the Union speech and that you joined our conversation on twitter and Facebook. If you missed the speech (maybe watching the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show – what an adorable winner) or want to review it again, please see the transcript here. Overall the agenda that the [...]
Defense Appropriations Bill Summary FY2013
On July 19, 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Fiscal Year 2013 Defense Appropriations bill allocating funding for the Pentagon’s annual base budget ($518 billion) and war spending ($88.5 billion) with a vote of 326-90. Please see a summary of some highlighted amendments below. Cutting the Overall Pentagon Budget /Cutting Pentagon Waste [...]
WAND/WiLL Women Statements on the Death of Osama bin Laden
Senators Barbara Boxer (CA) Barbara A. Mikulski (MD) Patty Murray (WA) Jeanne Shaheen (NH)* Debbie Stabenow (MI)* Representatives Tammy Baldwin (WI)* Shelley Berkley (NV) Lois Capps (CA) Judy Chu (CA)* Yvette Clarke (NY) Susan A. Davis (CA)* Diana Degette (CO)* Rosa Delauro (CT) Donna Edwards (MD) Anna G. Eshoo (CA) Marcia Fudge (OH) Eddie Bernice [...]
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