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Working Mother Media and
Corporate Voices for Working Families
Honor Congressman Yarmuth for
Making a Difference for
Working Families
Congressman John Yarmuth has been honored by
Working Mother Media and Corporate Voices for Working Families
with the inaugural Best of Congress award, for improving the American quality
of life through family-friendly work policies. The award spotlights
Congressman Yarmuth’s congressional excellence in supporting working families
through legislation and by practicing what is preached – employing
family-friendly policies in his own office.
A
profile of Congressman Yarmuth is featured in the August/September 2008 issue
of Working Mother magazine and at www.workingmother.com.
“Not only did we judge Congressman Yarmuth
on his voting records for supporting working families, we also examined the
benefits that his own employees receive like paid leave and flextime,” Carol
Evans, CEO, Working Mother Media, said. “John Yarmuth is stepping up
voluntarily because he believes in progressive policies and acts on his
beliefs in the real world managing his staff.”
“John Yarmuth has shown what can be
accomplished through legislation and a personal commitment to policies that
benefit working families,” Donna Klein, president and founder of Corporate
Voices for Working Families, said. “As our nation wrestles with a host of
economic and other issues involving working families, Congressman Yarmuth
deserves to be congratulated and recognized nationally for his leadership and
support.”
In his first term in the House, Yarmuth has
been a strong supporter of legislation to raise the minimum wage, improve
workplace conditions, prohibit gender discrimination in determining salaries,
and guarantee adequate maternity leave and time off for health reasons. He
has also sponsored and cosponsored legislation to increase educational
opportunities at every level, including Head Start for young children,
Striving Readers for middle and high school students, and the College Cost
Reduction Act— which was signed into law last year and is the largest
investment in college affordability since the G.I. Bill.
“Fighting for Louisville’s working families
is my top priority in Congress, so I am honored to have my work recognized by
‘Working Mother’ and ‘Corporate Voices for Working Families,” Yarmuth said.
“This is the land of opportunity, and we are working to make sure that the
American Dream is attainable for every man, woman, and child who works for
it.”
Members who were considered for the award
were judged on their voting records, sponsored/co-sponsored legislation, and
efforts to promote legislation that supports working families. Members were
also asked to submit policies and practices within their own offices that
support working families and flexible workplace options.
Award recipients were chosen by a
bipartisan steering committee co-chaired by Ted Childs, Founder and Principal
of Ted Childs, LLC and Jane Swift, Founder and Principal of WNP Consulting,
LLC and former Governor of Massachusetts. Also on the steering committee
reviewing applications were Patricia Kempthorne, Founder and Executive
Director of the Twiga Foundation and Pat Schroeder, President and CEO of the
Association of American Publishers and former congresswoman from Colorado.
The Best of Congress award will be presented
to Yarmuth at a recognition breakfast in Washington on Sept. 10, at Sewell
House. Recipients of the Best of Congress award will attend, and Antonio M.
Perez, CEO of Kodak, will talk about the award and issues involving working
families.
Working Mother
magazine has been in the forefront of the movement to improve the quality of
life for working families for over 29 years and annually honors the 100 best
companies whose policies create family-friendly workplaces.
About Corporate Voices for Working Families
Corporate Voices for Working Families is the leading national business membership organization representing
the private sector on public policy issues involving working families. We
aim to improve the lives of working families and the competitiveness of
American businesses. Our Web site:
www.cvworkingfamilies.org. Our blog:
www.corporatevoices.wordpress.com.
About Working Mother Media
Founded in 1979, Working Mother magazine reaches 2
million readers and is the only national magazine for career-committed
mothers. Its 22-year signature initiative, Working Mother 100 Best
Companies, is the most important benchmark for work/life practices in
corporate America. Working Mother is published by Working Mother Media, which
was founded in 2001. WMM includes the National Association for Female
Executives (NAFE), Diversity Best Practices, the WorkLife Congress, the
Multicultural Women's Conference and Town Halls. Working Mother Media's
mission is to champion culture change. For more information, please visit
www.workingmother.com.
Know-Nothing Politics,
By
PAUL KRUGMAN
So the G.O.P. has found its
issue for the 2008 election. For the next three months the party plans to
keep chanting: “Drill here! Drill now! Drill here! Drill now! Four
legs good, two legs bad!” O.K., I added that last part.
And the debate on energy
policy has helped me find the words for something I’ve been thinking about
for a while. Republicans, once hailed as the “party of ideas,” have become
the party of stupid.
Now, I don’t mean that G.O.P.
politicians are, on average, any dumber than their Democratic counterparts.
And I certainly don’t mean to question the often frightening smarts of
Republican political operatives.
What I mean, instead, is
that know-nothingism — the insistence that there are simple, brute-force,
instant-gratification answers to every problem, and that there’s something
effeminate and weak about anyone who suggests otherwise — has become the core
of Republican policy and political strategy. The party’s de facto slogan has
become: “Real men don’t think things through.”
In the case of oil, this
takes the form of pretending that more drilling would produce fast relief at
the gas pump. In fact, earlier this week Republicans in Congress actually
claimed credit for the recent fall in oil prices: “The market is responding
to the fact that we are here talking,” said Representative John Shadegg.
What about the experts at
the Department of Energy who say that it would take years before offshore
drilling would yield any oil at all, and that even then the effect on prices
at the pump would be “insignificant”? Presumably they’re just a bunch of
wimps, probably Democrats. And the Democrats, as Representative Michele
Bachmann assures us, “want Americans to move to the urban core, live in
tenements, take light rail to their government jobs.”
Is this political pitch too
dumb to succeed? Don’t count on it.
Remember how the Iraq war
was sold. The stuff about aluminum tubes and mushroom clouds was just window
dressing. The main political argument was, “They attacked us, and we’re going
to strike back” — and anyone who tried to point out that Saddam and Osama
weren’t the same person was an effete snob who hated America, and probably
looked French.
Let’s also not forget that
for years President Bush was the center of a cult of personality that
lionized him as a real-world Forrest Gump, a simple man who prevails through
his gut instincts and moral superiority. “Mr. Bush is the triumph of the
seemingly average American man,” declared Peggy Noonan, writing in The Wall
Street Journal in 2004. “He’s not an intellectual. Intellectuals start all
the trouble in the world.”
It wasn’t until Hurricane
Katrina — when the heckuva job done by the man of whom Ms. Noonan said, “if
there’s a fire on the block, he’ll run out and help” revealed the true costs
of obliviousness — that the cult began to fade.
What’s more, the politics of
stupidity didn’t just appeal to the poorly informed. Bear in mind that
members of the political and media elites were more pro-war than the public
at large in the fall of 2002, even though the flimsiness of the case for
invading Iraq should have been even more obvious to those paying close
attention to the issue than it was to the average voter.
Why were the elite so
hawkish? Well, I heard a number of people express privately the argument that
some influential commentators made publicly — that the war was a good idea,
not because Iraq posed a real threat, but because beating up someone in the
Middle East, never mind who, would show Muslims that we mean business. In
other words, even alleged wise men bought into the idea of macho posturing as
policy.
All this is in the past. But
the state of the energy debate shows that Republicans, despite Mr. Bush’s
plunge into record unpopularity and their defeat in 2006, still think that
know-nothing politics works. And they may be right.
Sad to say, the current
drill-and-burn campaign is getting some political traction. According to one
recent poll, 69 percent of Americans now favor expanded offshore drilling —
and 51 percent of them believe that removing restrictions on drilling would
reduce gas prices within a year.
The headway Republicans are
making on this issue won’t prevent Democrats from expanding their majority in
Congress, but it might limit their gains — and could conceivably swing the
presidential election, where the polls show a much closer race.
In any case, remember this
the next time someone calls for an end to partisanship, for working together
to solve the country’s problems. It’s not going to happen — not as long as
one of America’s two great parties believes that when it comes to politics,
stupidity is the best policy.
Two-Thirds of Corporations Pay No Taxes, But McCain Still
Wants To Lower the Corporate Tax Rate
A cornerstone of Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) economic plan —
Jobs for America — is
cutting the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 25 percent, which
McCain claims will turn America into a “low-tax
business environment.” But as it turns out, even with the rate at 35
percent, most corporations are not paying taxes.
Today, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a
report showing that
between 1998 and 2005 “about two-thirds of corporations operating in the
United States
did not pay taxes.” Corporations have a “variety
of reasons” for not paying, including “the cost of producing their
goods, salary expenses and interest payments on their debt.”
McCain, meanwhile, has derided the U.S. corporate tax rate as the “second
highest in
the world.” While his statement is technically accurate for the purely
nominal rate, U.S. tax revenue as a share of the economy is significantly
lower (See graph below), and is below the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD) average. The U.S. raises less revenue
from corporations than Japan, the United Kingdom, and even Ireland, which
the
McCain campaign cites as a country with a competitive corporate rate.
The reasons for low U.S. revenue are the tax loopholes, shelters, and
giveaways that minimize, or completely eliminate corporate taxes, and which
McCain has
not proposed fixing. A loophole allowing corporations to keep profits
offshore aided Hewlett-Packard, whose CEO at the time was McCain economic
adviser Carly Fiorina, in
defering taxation on $14.4 billion. This lowered Hewlett-Packard’s
effective tax rate from
35 percent to 12 percent.
As ABC’s George Stephanopolous pointed out during an interview with
Fiorina, McCain’s proposed cut in corporate taxes won’t entice any
corporations to bring money back to the U.S. “if
they can pay no taxes” by taking advantage of offshore loopholes.

How Do Obama and
McCain Compare on Health Care?
by
Seth Michaels
How would Sens.
Barack Obama
and
John McCain
tackle the
health care crisis
if elected president? It’s one of the most important questions at stake in
the 2008 election.
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
offers
new analysis
of the candidates’ health care proposals, and the result is clear: Obama’s
proposal would cover more people, more efficiently.
Obama’s
health care plan
is based on the principles that are essential to successful reform of the
health care system: expanding affordable, high-quality health care coverage
to everyone. While families could keep the coverage they have now, they also
would enjoy a wider array of options, including a public plan. Increasing
the number of people covered is essential to lowering health care costs
across the market—not just for the uninsured, but for everyone. According to
the EPI analysis:
This large pool would have substantial
administrative and marketing cost-savings relative to the existing non-group
market, creating potential savings not just for those judged to be bad risks
by insurance companies, but for all purchasers who do not currently have
access to employer or public programs.
McCain’s
health care plan
won’t cut costs or cover more people. Indeed, McCain’s health care plan
could wind up
raising taxes
for millions of working families or lead to them losing benefits altogether.
His approach would fundamentally alter the health care system for the worse,
especially for people with health problems. McCain’s plan could even drive
the cost of health care
further up.
As the EPI analysis notes:
McCain’s plan
changes the incentives for purchasing in the employer market as compared to
the individual market. This change will lead to destabilized employer pools
and fewer employers offering insurance.
Some of the
people who lose coverage through their employer will simply lose coverage
altogether. The individual market subjects individuals to the whims of the
insurance industry: poor information about policies, discriminatory pricing,
coverage waivers, refusal to pay for pre-existing conditions, and denial of
policy renewal. To make matters worse, other parts of the McCain plan remove
many of the (already insufficient) consumer protections that currently exist
in state regulations.
The real beneficiaries of McCain’s plan would be
the private insurance companies, whose market share would skyrocket while
regulations protecting consumers withered away. Those same insurance
companies would see huge corporate tax cuts from McCain’s plan (nearly
$2 billion
to the top 10 companies). Under McCain’s plan, insurance companies would
rake in the profits, while working families would be left on their own at
the mercy of the insurance market.
McCain’s campaign, of course, is packed with
advisers and fundraisers who are
lobbyists
for the health insurance industry. Is it any wonder that his health care
policies are aimed more at the insurers than consumers?
Health care is a critical difference between
these two candidates, and the union members taking part in the AFL-CIO’s
Labor 2008 political mobilization program have been working hard making sure
that difference is clear. In May, thousands of union volunteers knocked on
hundreds of thousands of doors in
union
member-to-member walks focused on health care.
The next president has the opportunity to make
the health care system work better for everyone—a crucial ingredient in
making sure the economy is strong and families are secure. When it comes to
health care, the differences between the candidates are clear.
Comments:
Quotes of the Week
"Republican power and [Republican Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell's power
are built on oil money." -Lexington
Herald Leader Editorial
Kentucky:
McConnell slammed
The Lexington Herald-Leader editorial board slammed McConnell for
filibustering energy bills before leaving for recess while blaming others
for high gas prices.
The editorial board questions McConnell's motives writing, "Since 1996, more
than three-fourths of oil- and gas-industry contributions have gone to
Republicans. The industry gave $2.4 million to Republican senators during
the years McConnell was in charge of their fund-raising. His colleagues
showed their gratitude by making him their leader. Republican power and
McConnell's power are built on oil money."
The editorial concludes, "What McConnell is doing is good for the oil
industry and may even prove to be smart politics. But it's not responsible
leadership."
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I am
looking for people to help with some troops I sponsor in IRAQ its thru the
program AdoptAPlatoon its a great feeling to help these men and women in
Uniform who are doing their job and doing a great one at that,
I feel for alot of them they are all young people and they could be our
daughters and sons or even grandkids. But they need our support regardless
if we disagree with the war in Iraq,,
Sadly
enough they signed up to do a job and that's to protect our country at a
time of need. IIf you know of anyone that could help send things like
toiletries, socks, potato sticks, card games, other games, and etc to help
with the needs' of these men and women..
Please
have them contact me at Kathy Candell 502-299-3491. Please leave a message
if I don't pick up right away. I will get back to each and every person who
wants to help out.
The troop I am supporting is out of Ft Bliss Texas 36 soldiers ,, and 6 are
women. Again if anyone is interested please have them contact me right away.
Thanks for your email. Kathy Candell Louisville Ky
DAILY GRILL
"The Energy Information Agency [sic] which is a respected nonpartisan
branch of our government does say if we expanded supply, it would reduce the
price." -- Karl Rove,
8/5/08
VERSUS
"Any impact on average wellhead prices is expected to be insignificant."
--Energy Information Administration,
2007
Quotes
of the Day
Rick Warren founded his church in 1980 from zero, and it now
numbers 22,000. His book, The Purpose Driven Life, has sold 30
million copies, in English alone. It is considered the best-selling
hardcover book. Ever.
But
this is what scares the hate-based evangelical movement:
If "2.3 billion people in the world claim to be followers of Jesus,"
then why not take the next step and mobilize those people to do important
things, like stop poverty, improve literacy, feed the hungry, heal the
sick? Conventional relief organizations are fine, but why not tap what
Warren calls "the faith sector," the armies of motivated religious
volunteers who are sick and tired of polarizing rhetoric and professional
crusaders? "The old paradigm was, 'You pay, you pray, you get out of the
way'," he explains, but in today's global and wired world, troops of
caring volunteers can be deployed to communities in need with the push of
a button. Such was the case on Christmas 2004, when Warren, awake and
online at 4:30 a.m., received news of a massive underwater earthquake via
e-mail from a pastor in Sri Lanka. Warren, who has an e-mail list of
200,000 pastors worldwide, notified churches in Thailand and Indonesia,
that immediately mobilized volunteers to tsunami disaster sites. "It's
universal distribution," he says, excitedly. "There's a church in every
village in the world ... the potential sits there like a sleeping giant."
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Recent Senate Votes
Senate is in recess
Recent House Votes
House is in recess
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HUMOR
"According to rumors, John McCain and Barack Obama are trying to get
Angelina Jolie’s endorsement for the campaign, and
John Edwards is just trying to get her number." --Craig Ferguson
"It turns out the Chinese faked part of the opening ceremonies. They made
the fireworks look more lively. It's the same technology they use for
John McCain." --Craig Ferguson
"John Edwards, presidential aspirant and author of the famed claim that
there are two Americas, was apparently only faithful to his wife in one of
them. Apparently he didn't realize that the National Enquirer had
reporters stationed in the other America, where he was, in fact, banging his
videographer." --Jon Stewart (Watch
video clip)
"You know, he really is adorable. He shouldn't be our president. He should
be our mascot." --Jon Stewart, watching Bush at the
Olympics
"Bush did sit down with the premiere Olympic sportscaster of all time, Bob
Costas, to discuss what he thought was so weird about the invasion [on
screen: Bush saying he thought it was odd Russia invaded Georgia during a
time when the world is promoting 'peace and harmony,' and that there needs
to be 'international mediation there']. Yes. Sometimes international
mediation can solve conflicts. That's President Bush winning the preliminary
heat in the 200 meter lack of self-awareness dash [on screen: Bush saying
America doesn't seem to have any problems]. I think that might be our
biggest problem." --Jon Stewart
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REPORT: IRAN'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES COULD NOT
BE EFFECTIVELY DESTROYED BY STRIKE: A study to be released today by
the nonpartisan
Institute for Science and International Security has found that "Iran's
uranium facilities are too widely dispersed and protected -- and, in some
cases, concealed too well -- to be
effectively destroyed by warplanes." This study comes just a day after
the Associated Press reported that "Israel is
building up its strike capabilities" and "appears
confident that a military attack would cripple Tehran’s atomic program,
even if it can’t destroy it." The study notes that "any damage to [Iran's]
nuclear program could be
quickly repaired," and that "an
Israeli or U.S. attack would result in
broader popular support for Iran's ruling clerics and could lead Tehran
to sever ties with the U.N. nuclear watchdog." David Albright, the principal
author of the report and a former U.N. weapons inspector, explained that in
response to a strike, "Iran would likely launch a
'crash' program to quickly obtain nuclear weapons." "An attack would
likely leave Iran angry, more nationalistic, fed up with international
inspectors and nonproliferation treaties, and more determined than ever to
obtain nuclear weapons," he said.
ROVE BASELESSLY CLAIMS DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SAID OFFSHORE OIL DRILILNG WOULD
LOWER PRICES: On Wednesday on Fox News, former top Bush adviser Karl
Rove discussed
gas prices and energy policy. Co-host Alan Colmes noted that
conservatives like Rove just want to drill for more oil with the "hope that
seven years from now we bring down the price which President Bush's Energy
Department says it wouldn't do." Rove then became agitated, arguing with Colmes:
"The EIA does say that drilling would
bring down prices. You're wrong on your facts." But it's actually
Rove
who is wrong -- or misleading at best. The group Rove cites to back up
his "facts" -- the Energy Information Administration -- reported that new
drilling couldn't likely start until 2018, and won't ever have much impact
on oil prices. "Because oil prices are determined on the international
market, however, any impact on average wellhead prices is
expected to be insignificant," the agency noted. In regards to drilling
in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, another idea championed by
conservatives, the EIA observed that oil
production there "is
not projected to have a large impact on world oil prices."
Think Fast
Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced he would disband
his militia if the United States agreed to timetable for
withdrawal. "It should not be considered an end to the Mehdi army," a
spokesman for al-Sadr said, about the militia's
ceasefire, "but it’s a halfway step to dissolving the Mehdi Army. If the
U.S. began to implement a withdrawal timetable
we shall complete the path to dissolution."
A new liberal organization dubbed "Accountable America" will reportedly "confront
donors to conservative groups, hoping to create a chilling effect
that will dry up contributions." Tom Matzzie, who heads the group,
explained, "We
want to stop the Swift Boating before it gets off the ground."
"A racially charged Democratic primary campaign ended Thursday" with
incumbent congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) "trouncing the opponent who
ran an ad linking him to the Ku Klux Klan. Unofficial results
showed
Cohen with 79 percent of the vote to 19 percent for Nikki Tinker.
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INTERESTING
David Williams & Bill Nighbert: A Flashback
Source
After reading
this
story, we just wanted to take a trip down the David Williams-Bill
Nighbert memory lane…
“As good a friend as I have in the world.”
David Williams said Bill Nighbert “is as good a friend as I have in the
world.” –Courier-Journal, July 13, 2005
Williams: Nighbert is a “longtime friend of mine.”
“He’s one of my constituents, a longtime friend of mine, and I think he
has a lot of expertise,” Williams said. “I hope he comes over and helps us
during the session.” –Courier-Journal, December 19, 2007
Nighbert: Williams “Is a good friend of mine,” He is friendly
and supportive of Williams.
In 2006, Governor Ernie Fletcher made a transportation announcement in
Williams’ district. “Transportation Secretary Bill Nighbert said he didn’t
tell Senate President David Williams about a visit to Williams’ district
by Gov. Ernie Fletcher on Wednesday to avoid a public clash between the
two…”
“The comments that were made last week by the senator who is a good
friend of mine also put some tension there,” Nighbert told the
Herald-Leader. “Nighbert said he remains friendly toward and supportive of
Williams but must be loyal to his boss, Fletcher.” –Associated
Press, July 6, 2006
Herald-Leader: Williams showed up for Nighbert’s arraignment,
is one of Nighbert’s Chief Backers.
“Acting Secretary Bill Nighbert, who had been charged with three
misdemeanors, also survived the cut,” said a Herald-Leader
article on firings.
“One of his chief backers is State Senate President David Williams, who
even showed up in July for Nighbert’s arraignment.”
–Herald-Leader, September 19, 2005
Williams: Came to Nighbert arraignment to provide moral support
In 2005, David Williams attended Bill Nighbert’s arraignment, saying he
“wanted to provide moral support for his friend, acting Transportation
Secretary Bill Nighbert,” according to the H-L. “Williams labeled the
event a ‘political farce’ and ‘media circus.’” –Herald-Leader,
July 13, 2005
Help Our Veterans Vote,
By SUSAN
BYSIEWICZ
WHAT is the secretary of
Veterans Affairs thinking? On May 5, the department led by James B. Peake
issued a directive that bans nonpartisan voter registration drives at
federally financed nursing homes, rehabilitation centers and shelters for
homeless veterans. As a result, too many of our most patriotic American
citizens — our injured and ill military veterans — may not be able to vote
this November.
I have witnessed the
enforcement of this policy. On June 30, I visited the Veterans Affairs
Hospital in West Haven, Conn., to distribute information on the state’s new
voting machines and to register veterans to vote. I was not allowed inside
the hospital.
Outside on the sidewalk, I
met Martin O’Nieal, a 92-year-old man who lost a leg while fighting the
Nazis in the mountains of Northern Italy during the harsh winter of 1944.
Mr. O’Nieal has been a resident of the hospital since 2007. He wanted to
vote last year, but he told me that there was no information about how to
register to vote at the hospital and the nurses could not answer his
questions about how or where to cast a ballot.
I carry around hundreds of
blank voter registration cards in the trunk of my car for just such
occasions, so I was able to register Mr. O’Nieal in November. I also
registered a few more veterans — whoever I could find outside on the
hospital’s sidewalk.
There are thousands of
veterans of wars in Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the current
campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan who are isolated behind the walls of V.A.
hospitals and nursing homes across the country. We have an obligation to
make sure that every veteran has the opportunity to make his or her voice
heard at the ballot box.
Connecticut’s attorney
general, Richard Blumenthal, and I wrote to Secretary Peake in July to
request that elections officials be let inside the department’s facilities
to conduct voter education and registration. Our request was denied.
The department offers two
reasons to justify its decision. First, it claims that voter registration
drives are disruptive to the care of its patients. This is nonsense.
Veterans can fill out a voter registration card in about 90 seconds.
Second, the department
claims that its employees cannot help patients register to vote because the
Hatch Act forbids federal workers from engaging in partisan political
activities. But this interpretation of the Hatch Act is erroneous.
Registering people to vote is not partisan activity.
If the department does not
want to burden its staff, there are several national organizations with a
long history of nonpartisan advocacy for veterans and their right to vote
that are eager to help, as are elected officials like me.
The department has placed
an illegitimate obstacle in the way of election officials across the country
and, more important, in the way of veterans who want to vote. A group of 21
secretaries of state — Republicans and Democrats throughout the country, led
by me and my counterpart in Washington State, Sam Reed — has asked Secretary
Peake to lift his department’s ridiculous ban on voter registration drives.
Bills that would require
the department to repeal the ban have been filed in both houses of Congress.
They need to be signed into law no later than Oct. 1, so that veterans in
V.A. care don’t miss their states’ deadlines to register to vote in the fall
elections.
But federal legislation
shouldn’t be needed for the Department of Veterans Affairs to lift the ban
on voter registration drives by state and local election officials and
nonpartisan groups.
The federal government
should be doing everything it can to support our nation’s veterans who have
served us so courageously. There can be no justification for any barrier
that impedes the ability of veterans to participate in democracy’s most
fundamental act, the vote.
Susan Bysiewicz is the
secretary of state for Connecticut.
Buy American Mention of
the Week
None this week
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Roger Simmermaker is the
author of How Americans Can Buy
American: The Power of Consumer Patriotism
and writes "Buy American Mention of the Week" articles for WorldNetDaily.com
and his website
www.howtobuyamerican.com. Roger is a member of the Machinists Union and
National Writers Union, has been a frequent guest on Fox News, CNN, and
MSNBC, and has been quoted in the USA Today, Wall Street Journal and US News
& World Report among many other publications.
GOOD
NEWS
The working families did not get any good news this week.
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