Ask Republicans to Watch: the PSA against dating violence … VAWA

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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden join with Eli Manning, Jeremy Lin, Jimmy Rollins, Evan Longoria, David Beckham, Joe Torre and Andy Katz in this PSA to raise awareness about dating violence.

 

 Despite the significant progress made in reducing violence against women, young women continue to face the highest rates of dating violence and sexual assault. In the last year, one in 10 teens has reported being physically hurt on purpose by a boyfriend or girlfriend.

 

One in five young women has been sexually assaulted while in college.

 

In response to these alarming statistics, Vice President Biden launched the 1 is 2 many campaign last year.

 

This campaign focuses his longstanding commitment to reducing violence against women specifically on teens and young women ages 16-24.

 

 By targeting the importance of changing attitudes that lead to violence, and educating the public on the realities of abuse, this Administration is leading the way to stop violence against women  …More

 

 

 

Citizen Response …

 

Use the Citizen Response tool at WhiteHouse.Gov/SOTU to share what specific lines of the State of The Union mean to you.

PBS, Keith Brengle

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FAIR SHARE

 

Tell Congress to protect Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act and Social Security! Conservative lawmakers are trying to put Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act on the chopping block instead of making the wealthy and big corporations pay their fair share of taxes. This week Health Care for America Now (HCAN) and its partners are planning a massive push to let the deficit fearmongers know where the American people stand: Cuts to these vital programs are unacceptable, and we cannot continue to let wealthy corporations get away with paying less than their fair share of taxes. To break through the clutter, HCAN is using the social media tool Thunderclap to ensure that our message is heard. Thunderclap allows Twitter and Facebook users to send the same message at the same time, amplifying their words for maximum impact. Choose “Support with Twitter” or “Support with Facebook” – or both! With your help, thousands of people across the country will demand that big corporations pay their fair share and that Washington not cut important programs like health care and Social Security. Thanks, Will O’Neill Health Care for America Now

National Geographic

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Secretary Panetta lifts the “ground combat exclusion”

 

Join Us in Thanking Secretary of Defense Panetta                     Send your message today.                   They told us we couldn’t vote, because we didn’t understand politics. They told us we couldn’t play sports, because we couldn’t compete. They told us we couldn’t fight, because women aren’t fit for combat. We proved them wrong. And now those days are over… Last week we bore witness to a historic event: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s decision toopened wide the doors of opportunity to women in the Armed Services and eliminated the last vestige of government-sanctioned sex discrimination in the United States. Please join us in thanking Secretary Panetta for lifting the ground combat exclusion and opening opportunities for women to serve the United States in all military occupations. The wars of the 21st century have no clear-cut front lines: For years, women have been performing superbly in a broad range of vital military occupations, including unofficially in ground combat, risking injury and death to serve our country. Secretary Panetta’s historic announcement reflects this reality. It also confirms that to be successful, a modern military must have access to the best and brightest, men and women. This decision was the result of long, hard work. For the Center, this decision is the culmination of years of work. In the early 1990s, our analysis of gender-stereotyped limitations and our advocacy efforts helped secure congressional legislation and Defense Department policies that opened 260,000 military positions to women, including on combat ships and in combat aircraft. Since then we’ve had to beat back efforts by some in Congress to restrict women’s military service, and we’ve worked hard to educate the public and policymakers about the important military roles women are performing and how well they are performing them, including in combat. We also worked with Defense Department advisory committees and met with Pentagon officials to advance recommendations and press for opening all military positions to women. In 2010, submarine service was opened to women, and in 2012 approximately 14,000 additional positions were opened, both precursors of last week’s momentous decision to lift all restrictions on women’s military service. Now, if the best person for the job is a woman, she will no longer be barred from that job simply because of her gender. As President Obama said in his inaugural address, “our journey is not complete,” but we have just passed a significant milepost along the way. Please join us in sending thanks to Secretary Panetta.

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Sierra Club

Right now, we have an opportunity to protect the values we cherish here in Washington State. Legislative session is in full swing and the Sierra Club is working hard to make sure our environment is protected. Will you help us? This year the Sierra Club, along with the Environmental Priorities Coalition is standing up for issues that not only affect our environment, but our health and our community. Reducing the Impacts of Climate Change:   Last year, we saw that the devastating effects of climate change are real and happening now. With record breaking droughts across the county and hurricane Sandy, we are all too aware that there is no time to lose. Here in Washington we can work on this by supporting a package of legislation to promote the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Together with our allies, we are urging the state legislature to adopt new state standards for energy efficient products, such as battery rechargers and outdoor lighting. We will also work to support a bill that promotes residential and commercial use of solar power. Finally we will promote incentives to help reduce carbon pollution. These are concrete steps that we can make to tackle this important issue.   Clean, Abundant Water:   Water supplies are dwindling across the state. With less snowpack, stream flows will be reduced and salmon runs could be endangered. Sierra Club continues to provide leadership to protect our streams and insure proper use of our water resources. Sierra Club will oppose new bills that allow development of individual wells that threaten drinking water aquifers and hydraulically connected streams.  Sierra Club supports bills that promote scientifically credible water resource management.   Transportation:   Automobiles and sprawling development continue to be the number one source of carbon pollution in Washington State. Sierra Club is working with a coalition of groups to make sure that the state invests in public health and sustainable forms of transportation: transit services, bike paths, and pedestrian projects. We are also working to reduce funding for road projects that encourage sprawl development.   Environmental Justice:   Low income and minority communities are often the hardest hit by environmental problems. Right now the Sierra Club is working on legislation to help these communities become meaningfully involved in key decision making on projects that threaten public health in those areas. We have some ambitious goals this year, and it is not going to be easy to get any of these passed. We need you to speak out, talk to your friends and neighbors, and fight to protect our legacy as the Evergreen State.

CBO Now Plans To Release Budget and Economic Outlook on February 5

CBO Now Plans To Release Budget and Economic Outlook on February 5

 

CBO now plans to release its annual Budget and Economic Outlook on Tuesday, February 5, a day later than originally scheduled. That report will include updated economic and budget projections that incorporate the effects of the legislation enacted at the beginning of the year, a revised economic forecast consistent with the budget projections, and other changes to CBO’s estimates. It will be available on CBO’s website at 1 p.m. (Details about arrangements for the press may be found on the press page.)