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VAWA: A Win for American Women
One of the things that makes our nation great is the notion of “liberty and justice for all.” Yet we haven’t quite achieved that goal. Women are disproportionately victimized in our own backyards, and measures must be put in place to ensure their liberties while seeking justice to hold perpetrators responsible for their actions. Today, [...]
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 [...]
Inauguration Day 2013: Work In Progress
This year’s Inauguration Day looks very different than the celebration in 2009. On that day, historic numbers of people gathered in Washington, DC and watched from around the world as President Barack Obama was sworn into office. We were optimistic and hopeful about the promise of a new president. This year after several years of [...]
Welcome 2013 – Ready for the Fiscal Roller Coaster?
You might have caught glimpses of the fiscal showdown votes and speeches, and finally a deal, in between your activities to ring in the New Year. The final deal did settle some significant issues about taxes and fixed up some other issues; the price of milk won’t skyrocket (sigh of relief) and Congress won’t receive [...]
Reshaping Pentagon Spending
by GA State Senator Nan Grogan Orrock, president of the Women Legislators’ Lobby Published: December 4, 2012 by The Hill’s Congress Blog Republished: December 22, 2012 by NJ Today With the campaigns over, our leaders must roll up their sleeves and get to work on the serious financial decisions facing the nation. Congress has known [...]
Who is afraid of the Big Bad U.N.?
by Sayre Sheldon, WAND NGO Representative for the U.N. Working Group for Women, Peace, and Security, and WAND Ed Fund Board member/Treasurer Published: December 25, 2012 by the Cambridge Chronicle & Tab Cambridge — The answer, of course, is that we are — or, more specifically, our Senate is; they just refused to ratify the [...]
Curb the militarized economy
by Sharon Zimmerman, WAND Deputy Director Published: August 30, 2012 by The Worcester Telegram & Gazette Labor Day and school openings seem to go together. For me, it’s time for the social welfare policy course I teach at the Boston University School of Social Work each fall. Throughout the semester I will hear stories from [...]
General asks cut in nuclear stockpile — what are we waiting for?
General asks cut in nuclear stockpile — what are we waiting for? by Diane Aronson, former executive director of WAND Published: August 10, 2012 by The Boston Globe Thirty years ago I joined a band of women to work toward freezing and reversing the buildup of nuclear weapons, as the first executive director of an [...]
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 [...]
WiLL President Sen. Nan Orrock in The Hill Congress Blog
Time to hold a magnifying glass to national security spending This Fourth of July, as we celebrate our nation’s independence, we need to think about what programs will do the most to guarantee our freedom and strength for years to come. Our nation‘s Pentagon budget has grown unchecked since 1998 at a cost of trillions [...]
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