Tag Archives: United States House of Representatives

~ politics petitions pollution and pop culture

The President’s Weekly Address

09/24/2012 Nativegrl77

whitehouse has uploaded Weekly Address: Congress Must Act to Create Jobs and Grow the Economy.

Weekly Address: Congress Must Act to Create Jobs and Grow the Economy

bywhitehouse

President Obama describes how the House of Representatives left town without finishing important work that would create jobs and strengthen our economy.

~ politics petitions pollution and pop culture, ~ Recent Post

Breaking News: The threat to women just doubled

08/14/2012 Nativegrl77

NARAL Pro-Choice America

The biggest threat to women’s health?

You’re looking at them.

Help us spread the word.

DONATE NOW

The threat to women’s reproductive lives and health just doubled.

Just this morning, Mitt Romney announced his choice for his vice presidential running mate: Anti-choice extremist Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI).

Anti-choice forces are thrilled with Ryan, and it’s no wonder why:

During his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, Ryan cast 59 votes on abortion and other reproductive rights issues. He voted anti-choice each and every time.
Ryan repeatedly voted for and cosponsored the Federal Abortion Ban, a law that criminalizes some abortion services, endangers women’s health, and carries a two-year prison sentence for doctors.

Ryan is outspoken about his anti-choice beliefs:

“I’m as pro-life as a person gets. You’re not going to have a truce. Judges are going to come up. Issues come up, they’re unavoidable, and I’m never going to not vote pro-life.”¹

We need your help to defeat the anti-choice Romney-Ryan ticket and all anti-choice politicians who are dangerous threats to women’s health.

Make no mistake about it: Ryan is 100% behind the War on Women agenda and, if elected on November 6, he’s ready to work with Mitt Romney the day after the inauguration to:

Defund Planned Parenthood clinics across the nation;
Eliminate the Title X family-planning program, which provides mammograms and cancer screenings to low-income individuals;
Deny women in the military — who defend our freedom overseas — the right to use their own, private funds for abortion care at military hospitals;
Pass legislation to effectively ban abortion coverage in state health-insurance exchanges; and
Allow hospitals to refuse to provide emergency abortion care, even when a woman’s life is in danger.

Please help us get the word out: Romney and Ryan are dangerous to women’s health.

With nothing to stand in the way of the extreme Romney-Ryan agenda, we could lose the protection of Roe v. Wade, women’s health and lives will be at risk — and anti-choice zealots could wipe out decades’ worth of reproductive rights we’ve fought so hard to win.

We can spread the word about these and other anti-choice candidates. But we’re running out of time. With less than 90 days to go, we need to knock on every door, make every call, and sound the warning bell to every pro-choice voter we can find. If we can get them to the polls, we can defeat anti-choice politicians running across the country and continue with all our important grassroots and advocacy work to ensure the right to privacy.

Please make the most generous gift you can to NARAL Pro-Choice America — right now — to beat the Romney-Ryan ticket, protect our pro-choice allies, and defend choice at all levels of government.

Thanks for all you do.

Nancy Keenan

Nancy Keenan
President, NARAL Pro-Choice America

DONATE NOW

¹The Weekly Standard, Paul Ryan: GOP Must Continue Fighting for the Right to Life by John McCormack, September 22, 2010.

Black History

CONGRESS: the Republican led House H.R.4240 for 5minutes – the Senate in Pro Forma Sessions

08/07/2012 Nativegrl77

Schedule for Pro Forma Sessions only, with no business conducted …

(note that beginning on Tuesday, August 7^th, the pro forma sessions will be held in Hart 216 while repairs are being made to the Senate Chamber)

– Friday, August 3rd at 10:15am

– Tuesday, August 7th at 11:00am

– Friday, August 10th at 11:00am

– Tuesday, August 14th at 2:30pm

– Friday, August 17th at 11:30am

– Tuesday, August 21st at 10:00am

– Friday, August 24th at 10:00am

– Tuesday, August 28th at 2:30pm

– Friday, August 31st at 11:30am

– Tuesday, September 4th at 11:30am and

– Friday, September 7th at 12:00pm

If the Senate receives a message from the House that it has adopted S.Con.Res.59, providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an adjournment of the House of Representatives, the pro forma sessions above will not occur and …

the Senate will adjourn until 2:00pm on Monday, September 10, 2012.

———————————————————————————————————–

10:00:38 A.M.		The House convened, starting a new legislative day.
10:00:53 A.M.		The Speaker designated the Honorable Mac Thornberry to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
10:01:42 A.M.		Today’s prayer was offered by Reverend Dr. Alan Keiran, Office of the United States Senate Chaplain.
10:02:14 A.M.		The Chair announced that pursuant to section 3(a) of H. Res. 747, the Journal of the last day’s proceedings was approved.
10:02:18 A.M.		PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG – The Chair led the House in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
10:02:44 A.M.	S. Con. Res. 59	Considered as privileged matter. S. Con. Res. 59 — “Providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an adjournment of the House of Representatives.”
10:03:59 A.M.	S. Con. Res. 59	On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.
10:04:15 A.M.	S. Con. Res. 59	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
10:04:16 A.M.	S. Con. Res. 58	Considered as privileged matter. S. Con. Res. 58 — “Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 4240.”
10:04:30 A.M.	S. Con. Res. 58	On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.
10:04:36 A.M.	S. Con. Res. 58	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
10:05:10 A.M.		The Speaker announced that the House do now adjourn pursuant to S. Con. Res. 59. The next meeting is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on September 10, 2012.

~ politics petitions pollution and pop culture

Vote Tomorrow: Don’t Mess with Abortion Access for D.C. Women

07/30/2012 Nativegrl77


	Stop the restrictions!



	Tell your Representative to oppose the effort to limit access to abortion for women who live in Washington, D.C.

With only a few days left until August recess, this is what they are prioritizing — an anti-abortion bill that the Senate will never consider? Well, the House of Representatives is at it again and this time, just to add insult to injury, they are going after women who have no voting representation in the House.
Tell your Member of Congress to oppose the D.C. Abortion Ban and stop your Representative from making decisions for women about their reproductive health.
H.R. 3803, also known as the “D.C. Abortion Ban,” would ban almost all abortions in Washington, D.C. for women starting at twenty weeks post-fertilization. The legislation seeks to ban abortion after twenty weeks regardless of a woman’s situation and without exceptions for rape, incest or to protect a woman’s health.
This unconstitutional bill follows the onslaught of reproductive health attacks that aim to deny women access to a constitutional right. The attacks this year have been particularly extreme: from state laws that defund Planned Parenthood to federal legislation that would require doctors to racially profile their patients before allowing them decide to terminate a pregnancy.
We’ve said it once, we’ll say it again: our health is not up for debate! Tell your Representative to oppose the D.C. Abortion Ban and stop restricting women’s access to reproductive health today.
Thank you for continuing to fight.
Sincerely,

Judy Waxman Vice President for Health and Reproductive Rights National Women’s Law Center

P.S. Your support allows us to continue to fight for women’s reproductive health care as well as work on many other critical issues. Please consider making a generous contribution today.

~ politics petitions pollution and pop culture

Stand Up for Women in D.C. and Everywhere!

07/27/2012 Nativegrl77

Stand Up for Women in D.C. and Everywhere!	Take Action!
Tell Your Representative to Stop the D.C. 20-Week Abortion Ban

And you thought the War on Women couldn’t get any worse. At a time when lawmakers are slashing funds for family planning services, blocking pay equity legislation, and targeting other programs that serve women and girls, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) has set his sights on women who have no voting rights in Congress and can’t fight back: residents of the District of Columbia. Franks is pushing H.R. 3803, which would ban abortions only in D.C. after 20 weeks without any exceptions for rape, incest, or the mother’s health. The bill, which is modeled after a similar ban in Nebraska and several other states, passed the House Judiciary Committee on July 18. *Tell your representative to stop this heinous bill in its tracks and oppose* a full floor vote.** Franks’ bullying tactics are an act of radical cowardice. Instead of proposing this extreme legislation for the entire country, which undoubtedly would mobilize women to contact their elected officials to vote against it, Congress is imposing its will on a group of residents who lack the voting representation to fight back. In fact, Franks refused to allow Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), the duly elected, non-voting representative of the District of Columbia, to testify at the House Judiciary Committee hearing on H.R. 3803! But don’t be fooled! This legislation is a direct challenge to the constitutional protections for all women. This extreme and continued assault on women’s reproductive health will stop at nothing with the ultimate goal of turning back the clock on our constitutional rights. The War on Women, including women in our nation’s capital, needs to end now. Take Action! Urge your representative to stop H.R. 3803 from coming to a floor vote. To send a message, simply click on the “Take Action” link in the upper right corner. Then follow the instructions to compose and send your message. Follow AAUW on Twitter, and read our award-winning AAUW Dialog Blog for discussion, information, and advocacy for women and girls! Are you an AAUW member? Subscribe to *Washington Update, a members-only weekly e-mail bulletin with an insider’s view on public policy and politics news, resources for advocates and programming ideas! Subscribe today*! Take the next step to break through barriers for women and girls: Become part of the AAUW national community! Join or donate today! Have general questions about AAUW? Please contact connect@aauw.org or call 800/326-2289 between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern, Monday through Friday.