We Must March Against Kakocracy
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Although America’s citizens have spoken with our votes, in the conservative coup, this is not enough.
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Although America’s citizens have spoken with our votes, in the conservative coup, this is not enough.
The government shutdown held up Labor Department webinars about the new home health care ruling that takes effect Jan. 1, 2015. Advocates say they will press various agencies to explain the ruling to the public.
While male colleagues were recklessly playing chicken with the federal budget, the debt ceiling and the global economy, 20 exceptional female senators were actively working to find a way out of the shutdown mess.
The U.S. is failing to protect women and children, particularly from gun violence. That’s what a group of advocates wanted to tell a U.N. forum this month, but couldn’t due to the government shutdown.
Female politicians were said to get most of the credit for ending the government shutdown. The first-ever European Union human trafficking report was also released.
New York female leaders called for immigration reform at a recent conference. Meanwhile, the government shutdown has had a negative effect on women.
The highly contentious battles over the budgets for 2011 and 2012 this week set the stage for a polarized 2012 election cycle. Obama kicked off his re-election bid and the Tea Party’s Rep. Michele Bachman announced millions of campaign contributions.