Musings of a Reluctant Political Advocate
Thoughts to bridge the political divide
I’ve previously written that I’ve been in RESULTS for most of the last 20 years. I began my volunteering in 1990, left around 1992 or 1993, rejoined in 1996 and have been a volunteer continuously since then. That means that I’ve lobbied Continue Reading …
For those who read last week’s entry, Dirt Work, I have an update: Kristen Glenn called me last Friday and we talked for 15-20 minutes about RepresentativeTom McClintock supporting the Education For All Act of 2011. I sent Kristen an Continue Reading …
My apologies to any who were disappointed with my not posting an entry last week. I’d hoped to provide an update on the relationship I’m developing with Kristen Glenn, the Legislative Director in Representative Tom McClintock‘s office, but despite repeated Continue Reading …
A couple weeks ago I wrote about the Education For All of 2011 (H.R. 2705) and last week I wrote about national security. If this bill becomes law AND the United States makes a firm commitment to funding it AND appropriates sufficient Continue Reading …
Representative Kay Granger(R-FL) is the chairwoman of the United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs. That means she heads up the subcommittee in the House of Representatives that evaluates the State department and makes recommendations to the Continue Reading …
For the next three months or so, RESULTS groups in the U.S. will be focusing their efforts on building Congressional support for H.R. 2705: The Education For All Act of 2011. (To see the actual language in the bill, click Continue Reading …
As a RESULTS group leader, I have a conference call every Monday evening with the RESULTS Regional Coordinator responsible for organizing all the globally focused RESULTS groups in California. During the last call I committed to contacting my congressman’s office Continue Reading …
One of the goals of RESULTS is to educate people about poverty and programs here in the U.S. and around the world that are reducing poverty. Underlying that conversation about poverty, however, is a host of facts, theories, assumptions, articles of Continue Reading …
Any day now, Congress will be voting on plans to reduce or eliminate the yearly U.S. federal deficit and increase the nation’s debt limit. I called Senator Barbara Boxer, one of my senators, to urge her to oppose any spending cuts Continue Reading …
Due to gerrymandered Congressional districts in California, the county in which I live in has three representatives in Congress: Reps. George Miller, Jerry McNerney, and John Garamendi. All are Democrats and supportive of foreign development programs. The Contra Costa County RESULTS Continue Reading …