Posts by Kathy Groob
Top Military Officers Resist Proposal to Take Sexual Assault Cases Out of Chain of Command
By LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News – The nation’s top military leaders have told Congress they have reservations about legislation that would remove commanders from the process of prosecuting sexual assault cases because, they say, it could ruin order and discipline in the ranks. It’s a highly contentious issue: Recent high profile-incidents and new statistics indicating that…
Read More20-Week Abortion Bill Advanced By All-Male Congressional Panel
By Laura Bassett, Huffington Post – Republicans in the House Judiciary subcommittee voted on Tuesday to expand Rep. Trent Franks’ (R-Ariz.) proposed D.C. abortion bill to apply to the whole country and advanced the bill favorably to the full committee. The bill would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy in the United States in…
Read More7 women to watch at the military sexual assault hearing
By Ed O’Keefe and Sean Sullivan, Washington Post – Military and political history will be made Tuesday when all six members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff testify at the same time before the Senate Armed Services Committee about the rising rate of sexual assaults among members of the military. The chiefs have told Congress in…
Read MoreWomen in the Senate Confront the Military on Sex Assaults
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER, The New York Times – WASHINGTON — Senator Claire McCaskill wandered down the dais at the Senate Armed Services Committee’s first hearing of the year and noticed a startling tableau: women to the left, women to the right. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a veteran Republican member of one of the Senate’s…
Read MoreMarjorie Margolies, Chelsea Clinton’s Mother-In-Law, Enters House Race
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Chelsea Clinton’s mother-in-law is running to recapture the Philadelphia-area U.S. House seat that she lost almost 20 years ago, a defeat ascribed to her vote for then-President Bill Clinton’s budget proposal that increased taxes on the wealthy. Marjorie Margolies filed paperwork Thursday to run in the crowded Democratic Party primary for Pennsylvania’s…
Read MoreFlorida Ruth’s List Moves to St. Petersburg
Yesterday, Ruth’s List Florida moved into its new office in downtown St. Petersburg! This important strategic move was possible thanks to support from Ruth’s List Florida members around the state. Isn’t it time for you to join this impressive network? Just click here to donate today. Why St. Pete? The Tampa Bay region has more…
Read More2014 Spotlight: MASS Auditor Suzanne Bump
An advocate for more women in public office, Massachusetts Auditor Suzanne Bump will fight for her own reelection next year or maybe even a higher office. Auditor Bump was elected in 2010 as the state’s first female auditor, one of 14 female state auditors in the United States and only one of four who have…
Read MoreAfter 2008, who would Hillary Clinton hire?
By MAGGIE HABERMAN and GLENN THRUSH- POLITICO – Back in 2008, Hillary Clinton committed so many management sins it was hard to keep track of them all — yet none was worse than failing to establish a coherent, functional chain of command. Loyalists often clashed with the best and brightest from the outside — and they…
Read MoreWomen Winning Annual Luncheon Featuring Olympia Snowe Registration Ends Wednesday
Women Winning Minnesota will welcome former U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe for its annual luncheon on Monday, June 3rd. Online registration will close tomorrow (Wednesday, May 29) at 5:00 p.m. If you still need to pay for your ticket or table, please do so before then. Pre-paying HERE to keep registration as easy as possible! Women Winning…
Read MoreHonoring our women in the military
If you are not familiar with American Women Veterans, become acquainted today. Honoring and remembering our fallen sisters on Memorial Day, 2013. Follow American Women Veterans on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AmericanWomenVeterans and Our Sisters Killed in Action: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.232221715829.178765.73284480829&type=3 VISION American Women Veterans Foundation believes that women have always been the catalyst for change within our homes, our communities and…
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