WCRW June Meeting 6/12: Women in Public Service
Women in Public Service
Join WCRW for our last meeting of the session on Saturday, June 12th before we vacation for the summer! We will be welcoming Kelly Fenton, Vice Chair and Secretary of Minnesota Excellence in Publice Service (MEPS). Their mission is to increase the number of Republican women in elected and appointed governmental positions at the local, state and federal levels, and strengthening their influence.
MEPS graduates have gone on to:
Serve in the Minnesota legislature
Serve on governor-appointed boards
Host conservative talk radio
Run for office
Manage campaigns
Grow grassroots programs for Republican women
The Excellence in Public Service Series provides leadership training to women throughout Minnesota. These remarkable women leave the series well-equipped to fulfill leadership roles in their careers, their communities and their government.
YOU MUST RSVP to the meeting by Thursday, June 10th so that we can have an accurate breakfast count! Please RSVP to VP Heidi Schumacher by evite, phone (651)-739-9053, or email at [email protected]
The following article is from Politco.com:
House GOP: Freeze federal salaries
By: Jake Sherman
May 28, 2010 01:01 PM EDT
House Republicans will try to force a vote on freezing federal wages when Democrats bring a defense spending bill to the floor Friday afternoon.
It’s the last day of a long legislative week on Capitol Hill, and before lawmakers head out for the weeklong Memorial Day recess, House Democrats are trying to pass a flurry of legislation: a tax extenders bill, legislation that provides for science programs and the defense authorization bill. Even though the proposal would be attached to the defense bill, military salaries would be exempt from the pay freeze. The proposal would also freeze pay for members of Congress.
Republicans plan to use a motion to recommit — a procedural method that sends a bill back to its committee of jurisdiction — to force lawmakers to vote on the freeze to federal worker pay. Republicans hope it puts Democrats in a bind: The majority doesn’t want to vote for the motion because it could temporarily kill the legislation, but if it doesn’t vote for it, the GOP could then say Democrats voted against a spending cut. This proposal is the latest from the House GOP’s YouCut project in which voters text-message their votes on how to cut government spending.
Republicans say that freezing federal salaries — except for those in the military — would save the government $30 billion in the next decade. The Obama administration intends to increase federal salaries 1.4 percent.
Because they are in the minority, Republicans are forced to use parliamentary maneuvers to try to get Democrats to vote on such spending cuts.
“We need to reject this cynical ploy to make federal employees a scapegoat for spending after congressional Republicans added trillions to the debt when they were in the majority,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) wrote in an e-mailed statement. “Rather than purely political maneuvers, House Republicans should work with Democrats to build on efforts already under way to cut unnecessary spending and help reduce the deficit.”
WCRW’s May Meeting “Educating America” 5/14
Educating America
Join Washington County Republican Women for our next monthly meeting on Saturday, May 15th! The meeting will begin at 9:00am at the Lake Elmo Inn in Lake Elmo, Minnesota. $15 includes a fabulous breakfast!
Karen Klinzing, Assistant Education Commissioner for the State of Minnesota, will talk about school choice, (she has taught in both public and charter schools);
Laurie Blank, Administrator of FCHE, a homeschooling co-op with more than 100 students, will help us understand what it is like to leave the “standard” classroom behind and take on the responsibility of educating your children.
YOU MUST RSVP to the meeting by Thursday, May13th, so that we have an accurate breakfast count! You can RSVP to VP Heidi Schumacher by evite, phone (651-739-9053) or email ([email protected]).
**ALSO, in honor of Mother’s Day, WCRW is collecting donations for two local charities, Dawn’s Closet and St. Croix Valley Life Care Center. CLICK HERE to see a list of items needed (diapers are at the top of the list!).