Issues
In Case The Word 'Energy' Comes Up, This Is Not Drill, Baby, Drill
We do occasionally list GAO reports for our audience, but generally they focus on retirement and health issues. Today's report by the 'watchdog' listed the number of energy-related initiatives that were implemented in the fiscal year of 2010. more »
Examining the 'Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act'
Sponsored by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), the act would prohibit any individual from transporting a minor across state lines to have an abortion in order to circumvent a minor’s home state law requiring parental involvement in the abortion decision or prior judicial authorization. more »
The Perilous Paradox: Women, Retirement, and the Extra-Long Life
The study examines the thinking and practices of mature women, ages 50 to 70, in the context of the “extra” challenges they may experience in retirement. Women expect to live until age 85, some until age 90, and are more concerned than men about affording health care, long-term care and outliving their assets. more »
Dear Speaker Boehner: Listen to the overwhelming outcry from American women who support access to contraception
As we have heard from countless women in our home states and here on Capitol Hill, they are tired of being targets for a political strategy that endangers their health care and they want it to stop ... It’s time for you to put an end to the attacks on women’s health care and to work with the Senate to get back to the American people’s top priority: creating jobs and boosting our economy. more »
