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Sanders backers focus on superdelegates

Sanders backers focus on superdelegates

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Bernie Sanders supporters are trying to sway Washington state superdelegates. (Photo: KING)

SEATTLE – Bernie Sanders supporters delivered the Vermont senator a landslide win in Washington, and now they want the state’s superdelegates to take note.

However, long before Saturday’s contest, nine of Washington’s superdelegates,…

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Sanders backers focus on superdelegates

Sanders backers focus on superdelegates

[ad_1] Bernie Sanders supporters are trying to sway Washington state superdelegates. (Photo: KING) SEATTLE – Bernie Sanders supporters delivered the Vermont senator a landslide win in Washington, and now they want the state’s superdelegates to take note. However, long before Saturday’s contest, nine of Washington’s superdelegates, including the six Democratic members of Congress, two senators and…

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WIL Out and About

WIL Out and About

On Thursday April 9th 2015, I attended Senator Murray’s Golden Tennis Shoe Award where she honored three very deserving people.  The sold out event had about 1200 people present including many elected officials and dignitaries.  Sen. Cantwell was present.  Sen. Al Franken from Minnesota attended to present the key note speech.  It was an inspiring event. I took the opportunity to hand my Startup…

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Senator Murray Holds Economic Outlook Hearing

Senator Murray Holds Economic Outlook Hearing

Hill Update: Congressman Ryan’s Poverty Report

On February 25, 2014, the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing titled “The Economic and Budget Outlook for Individuals, Families and Communities.”

In her opening statement, Senator Patty Murray(D-WA) highlighted the struggles American families still face in the aftermath of the economic downturn. Witnesses discussed how they have been affected by…

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Patty Murray: Democrats' Unlikely Iron Lady Of The Budget Battle

It’s always the quiet ones, as they say. Senator Murray as she was described in the article, unassuming, diminuitve, soft-poken, well I hope that she teaches Paul Ryan a thing or two about governance and stewardship. She along with Senator Warren, another…

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I Stand With Planned Parenthood: Response from Patty Murray

As you're probably aware, Planned Parenthood and other sexual health services are under attack in the Senate right now. They are debating legislation that would bar Planned Parenthood from all federal funding (which was already passed in the House, scarily enough) — and harm millions of women in the process. This legislation would cut off funding that provides women with birth control, lifesaving cancer screenings, HIV testing, and more. It's care that saves lives — and anti-choice politicians want to end it entirely.

I've been trying to do my part to support Planned Parenthood, by signing petitions, donating to the cause, and keeping updated with e-mail alerts. One of the recent e-mail alerts I've received from Planned Parenthood included a link to a letter to my local Senate representatives to encourage them to vote NO on any legislation that targets Planned Parenthood and women's health services. I sent one along to Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, including my own personal history of using Planned Parenthood's health services to be a healthy and responsible sexually active adult.

This morning, I received the following response from Senator Murray:

Dear Ms. Watson:

Thank you for contacting me to share your support for women's reproductive rights.  It was good to hear from you.

One of my top priorities as a Senator – and as a mother – is to ensure that all women in this country are able to make decisions about their bodies and their health. I believe the government must not interfere with a woman's private decisions, and it is imperative that Congress remains vigilant in protecting this right.

In the 112th Congress, anti-choice Members of both chambers have introduced a number of bills that would place dramatic restrictions on reproductive health services.  These bills would endanger women's health by severely limiting their access to affordable reproductive health services. It would prohibit women from using their own personal funds to buy insurance that covers abortion, as well as raise taxes on businesses that offer abortion coverage in their insurance plans.  In addition, the House Republicans' proposed budget for the remainder of the fiscal year would completely eliminate Title X funding for family planning and teen pregnancy prevention.

This assault on women's health is wrong and would be truly devastating if actually enacted.  It is an extreme agenda that restricts health care options for women and does nothing to further our goals of getting our economy back on track.  I have worked in my leadership position, as well as a senior member of both the Senate Appropriations Committee as well as the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee to fight against these attacks.  Cutting off these important programs and services would be absolutely wrong and I will continue to do everything I can in the Senate to fight it.  

I believe that in these tough times our focus should be on getting the economy back on track and people back to work, not putting insecurity back into the lives of millions of women.  It is time that we move our economy forward, and not pull women's health care backwards.

Again, thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with me on this important issue. I want to assure you that I will continue to monitor all anti-choice legislation that comes before the Senate. If you would like to know more about my work in the Senate, please feel free to sign up for my weekly updates at http://murray.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=GetEmailUpdates.

Please keep in touch.

Sincerely,

Patty Murray United States Senator

*sniff* I've never been so proud. Thank YOU, Patty Murray, for standing on guard for women's health services, and for the sexual health of men, women, and teens in this country.