Our Next Meeting: Saturday, December 12th, 9:00am
Washington County Republican Women will be holding our upcoming meeting on Saturday, December 12th at the Lake Elmo Inn in Lake Elmo, MN. In honor of the holidays, we will be keeping this meeting interesting, yet lighthearted. We will have a speaker from the Marine’s Toys for Tots Foundation and then end with some fun and games to celebrate the Christmas season.
We are asking members who would like to contribute to bring a new, unwrapped toy to the meeting. The WCRW officers will bring them to a drop-off location. We will definitely end with some fun games. We are bound to have a good time!
****WCRW GIVE-AWAY****
We are having another WCRW Give-Away for our meeting as well! All attendees who brings a toy to donate to Toys for Tots and anyone who becomes a member or who pays their membership fees by or/on the meeting date will be entered to win! Bring a new, unwrapped toy, serve a great cause, and get a chance to win a great prize! This week’s PRIZE will be: A nice bottle of champagne, along with a gift certificate to Domacin Wine Bar in downtown Stillwater.
YOU MUST RSVP to the meeting by Thursday, December 10th to Vice President Heidi Schumacher at: [email protected]. Cost of $15 to attend the meeting, also includes a fabulous breakfast! The meeting will begin at 9:00am sharp at the Lake Elmo Inn, 3442 Lake Elmo Avenue N. – Lake Elmo, MN.
BECOME A MEMBER: Please contact WCRW Treasurer Linda Markowitz with your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address. There is a small membership fee of $22.00. You may e-mail Linda at [email protected]. See our “Become A Member” tab above for details.
The global warming debate has become an even bigger issue since e-mails were hacked from a major British research center and posted to the internet. These e-mails suggest that certain scientists have been twisting the “evidence” of global warming to their advantage and deceiving the public to provide phony research to help politicians pass more legislation and increase government control. In light of these e-mails, it is very difficult to see the U.S. proceed in attending Copenhagen in December. The Copenhagen Treaty has the potential to do great damage economically to many countries, including the United States.
The video below is of Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute being intervied by Allen Barton of PJ TV. Myron Ebell is the director of energy and global warming policy at CEI. He also serves as director of Freedom Action, a web-based grassroots activist organization and chairs Cooler Heads Coalition, which is made up of over two dozen non-profit in this country and abroad that question global warming alarmists and oppose energy rationing policies. I found this video on our friends’ Conservatives For Change blog.
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 President Obama forced to take step back from global climate change treaty
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 Over the weekend in Singapore, President Obama acknowledged that a binding climate change agreement will be an unrealistic outcome from the Copenhagen Summit this winter. Over 192 countries will be participating in the climate change negotiations during the 2009 Copenhagen Summit. The focus of the Summit will now center on reaching a “political deal” that could serve as a framework for a a future global climate change treaty.
The lack of agreement over cap and trade legislation in the United States Congress has led to the postponement of a global climate change treaty. The outrageous cap and trade bill passed by the House this summer has come under intense scrutiny as more research has shown the devastating impact of the bill on the American economy and middle class families. The Senate will probably not consider any climate change legislation until sometime next year.
The majority of Americans have been reluctant to support the United States taking on the economic and financial obligations of leading the world in drastic measures to combat climate change without the commitment of other developing countries. Other large industrial nations like India and China have remained noncommittal to the prospect of signing on to any legally binding international climate change agreements.
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| Keep the Heat on Health Care!
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As health care legislation moves to the Senate over the next few weeks, the NFRW has issued a CAP ALERT on health care reform. Read more here.
UPDATE: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will be pushing for a “motion to proceed” vote this week which would allow debate on the health care bill to begin in the Senate. He needs 60 votes to pass this motion, which could be difficult because of some Democrat and Independent Senators’ objections to certain provisions. If this motion does not pass, it is likely consideration of a health care bill would take place next year.
Make YOUR voice heard on health care reform! Every phone call, letter, email, fax, etc. counts!
CALL OR EMAIL YOUR SENATORS TODAY!
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On the Hill
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 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is preparing to keep the Senate in session through the beginning of next week in order to start the debate on health care legislation.
Liberal members of the Senate are putting pressure on Sen. Reid to stand behind the public option insurance provision in the Senate health care bill.
Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) will insist that the health care bill is read aloud on the Senate floor.
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) is leading the push to bring Guantanamo prisoners to an IL prison saying that it would boost the local economy.
Senator Sessions (R-AL) has vowed to filibuster the nomination of David Hamilton to the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals.
House Republicans are saying Democrats are delaying conference committee on a spending bill because they are afraid the GOP will attempt to stop the transfer of Guantanamo prisoners.
House Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-WI) is angry at the Obama Administration for the outrageous reporting error on an official website set up to track stimulus dollars.
House Democrats are not speaking out on President Obama’s delay in choosing an Afghanistan strategy. House Democrats are saying they will move a jobs package this year to address rising unemployment.
In the NY-23 race, Hoffman has “unconceded” after the vote margin narrowed during the count of absentee ballots.
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