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Advocacy.(Mary Wilson)
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National Voter
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June 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 League of Women Voters. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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LWVUS President Mary Wilson, the LWVUS Advocacy staff and the Lobby Corps have been working on the priorities set by the LWVUS Board for 2008.
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Concerning campaign finance reform, the League joined with coalition groups urging President Bush to take action ending the shut down of the Federal Election Commission. Four nominees are pending in the Senate; another position has been vacant since early 2007. Senators of the President's own party blocked up-or-down votes on all nominees last year. The President has allowed the FEC to flounder in a presidential election year, leaving the nation without a campaign enforcement body for the first time since ...
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ASUCD Lobby Corps Opposes Schwarzenegger Plan to Hike Student Fees.
PR Newswire;
January 16, 2007 ;
393 words
......DAVIS, Calif., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Lobby Corps announced today its opposition to Governor...dollars. Representatives from ASUCD Lobby Corps will voice their opposition to the fee...of the UC Regents in San Francisco. Lobby Corps is the advocacy arm for the Associated...
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Rep. Holt Introduces Resolution Recognizing Birth Anniversary of...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
December 11, 2006 ;
594 words
......recognizing the 150th anniversary of President Wilson's birth and commending the Woodrow...national tribute honoring the legacy of President Wilson." The resolution, introduced on Dec...500Recognizing the 150th anniversary of President Wilson's birth and commending the Woodrow...
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COLUMN: Lobby for more education money
University Wire;
May 3, 2005 ;
Blake Bolton;
424 words
......a group of organized students called Lobby Corps who lobby in Sacramento and locally. Lobby Corps volunteers explain why our legislature...student government when I was in ASI Lobby Corps. I saw a poster walking to class, and...
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From Our Archives; Lancaster Intelligencer, February 10, 1919
INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL(LANCASTER,PA.);
February 9, 2004 ;
338 words
......in Washington for burning effigy of President Wilson Washington, Feb. 10 - Sixty-five members...military police after they had burned President Wilson in effigy in front of the White House...liquor traffic in U.S. International: President Wilson spends much of the first half of the...
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President Wilson Hotel in Geneva Joins The Luxury Collection; Five-Star...
PR Newswire;
November 23, 1999 ;
346 words
......N.Y., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The President Wilson Hotel in Geneva will join The Luxury...de Hotel President. The 255-room President Wilson Hotel holds a five-star rating from...restaurants, Le Cirq and L'Arabesque. The President Wilson in Geneva is a perfect fit to the...
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MICHAEL COLLINS, KEITH MOTLEY TO ASSUME TOP POSTS, JOHN LOMBARDI TO SERVE...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
May 23, 2007 ;
787 words
......educational, research and service excellence," President Wilson said. Meanwhile, President Wilson announced that John V. Lombardi will...years of dedication and leadership," President Wilson said. Dr. Collins and Dr. Motley will...
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Ink on Paper -- 1917
Yakima Herald-Republic;
March 30, 2003 ;
418 words
......WAR!! -- Washington, April 6. -- President Wilson signed at 1:11 o'clock today the congressionall...it had passed the house last night. President Wilson also signed a proclamation formally...navy yards and ships as follows: "President Wilson has signed the act of congress which...
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UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS HONORS NELSON MANDELA WITH HONORARY DEGREE
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
February 22, 2006 ;
727 words
......to Africa and to all of mankind." President Wilson, who is visiting South Africa with...Presenting the honorary degrees, President Wilson said: "Nelson Mandela is a hero to...or the Medical School in Worcester. President Wilson said the decision to grant five-campus...
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PRESIDENT WILSON'S STATE OF INDIAN EDUCATION ADDRESS AVAILABLE
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
March 2, 2006 ;
88 words
......D.C. 20002 P: (202) 544-7290 / F: (202) 544-7293 March 1, 2006 Broadcast #06-017 President Wilson's State of Indian Education Address President Wilson's State of Indian Education Address is now available to the public.
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LETTER TO READERS FROM CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
November 21, 2007 ;
317 words
......to it ... and then let us live up to it." "That is what president Wilson said to American Soldiers heading off to war in 1917, a...heed that promise, to live up to the same high standards President Wilson expected of his doughboys. They know they stand on the...
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Louis Brandeis
Archive Photos;
January 1, 1996 ;
47 words
......01-01-1996 Louis Brandeis Anti-monopolist. Appointed by President Wilson Supreme Court Justice. judge. legal. Louis Brandeis...Louis Brandeis. Anti-monopolist. Appointed by President Wilson 1941 in Washington, D.C. Copyright Archive Photos
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From Our Archives; President Wilson Faces a Double Crisis
Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA;
May 31, 2004 ;
518 words
......cessation of international warfare in Mexico --- developed for President Wilson to-day a combination of circumstances hardly paralleled...unarmed merchantmen without previous visit and search. ... President Wilson has made it clear, however, that the issues raised by the...
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La fascinación del líder: En torno a un libro olvidado de S. Freud sobre...
International Journal of Psychoanalysis;
June 1, 2007 ;
Daimiel, Gracia Rodríguez;
787 words
......a forgotten book by S. Freud about President Wilson] by Fanny Elman Schutt Madrid: Biblioteca...1930-2, the psychological study of President Wilson (Freud and Bullitt, 1967) has never...struck by the fact that this is not President Wilson's profile, since he became a world...
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Baker, Ray Stannard
The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature;
James D. Hart;
42 words
...Baker, Ray Stannard (1870–1946), a leading contributor to McClure's Magazine during its muckraking period, became an intimate of President Wilson, about whom he wrote several volumes. Under the pseudonym David Grayson, he wrote seven volumes of familiar essays.
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Bridge out for pro-segregation President Wilson
Chicago Sun-Times;
February 17, 2004 ;
129 words
......wealthiest predominantly black counties in the nation. A new bridge will replace the Potomac River span. "On racial issues, he [President Wilson] was a throwback, and I don't think we here are that interested in celebrating that part of his record," Betty Hager Francis...
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