Here’s a link to the show last night (Friday, January 22, 2010) where Keesha Gaskins with the League of Women Voters Minnesota squared off against noted conservative David Strom: http://www.tpt.org/almanac/
Click on segment “Supreme Court Weighs In on Campaign Spending”.
Washington, DC –The following is a statement by Mary G. Wilson, national president of the League of Women Voters on the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC. The League filed an amicus brief in this case:
“The Supreme Court has made a tragic mistake. Their decision [...]
The Senate and the House of Representatives have both passed health care reform legislation. But a final bill is not yet ready to go to the President. This is a critical time to urge your Representative and Senators, as well as the President, to pass comprehensive health care reform that will extend coverage [...]
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Make Two Calls on December 7!
Call your state representative and Speaker Margaret Anderson-Kelliher
On December 7th, Minnesotans across the state will be calling their State Legislators to demonstrate their support for General Assistance Medical Care (GAMC). Please join us!
Tell your State Representative that you are concerned about the elimination [...]
ACTION ALERT: Support Strong Health Care Reform Legislation
The League of Women Voters believes that Congress must pass strong health care reform legislation that guarantees quality, safe and affordable health care to all U.S. residents, including the choice of a public insurance plan. Everyone deserves the choice of a government administered health insurance plan like Medicare [...]
Kiffi Summa and Jane McWilliams have arranged a tour of the Safety Center on Monday, November 22, at 10:00 a.m. The Northfield City Council has put replacing the Safety Center into their five year Capital Improvement Plan. This is the first step toward planning in order to begin the project in 2011.
Randy Jennings has [...]
An attempt to derail next year’s Census process
and deprive states of billions of dollars
OPPOSE VITTER-BENNETT SA 2644.
Senators David Vitter (R-LA) and Robert Bennett (R-UT) have offered an amendment that would force the Census Bureau to literally stop the presses in order to add an additional question asking participants to declare their legal status in this [...]
Early Voting / Absentee Ballots / Automatic Registration
CALL THE GOVERNOR TODAY AND URGE HIM TO SIGN SF1331
LWVMN Position: Support improvements in election laws regulating election procedures, voting and school district elections.
Action: The omnibus election reform bill will be on conference and back to the Senate and House Floor within the next three days.
Please contact [...]
submitted : May 3,2009, by Kiffi Summa
At the April 30, 2009, annual meeting of the LWV Northfield-Cannon Falls Area, we were informed about judicial finance issues by the Chief Judge of the Third District, the Honorable Wm. Johnson. Judge Johnson has been a judge, for I believe he said, 32 years; it’s gratifying to hear [...]