Subject: No women
From: "Guy Cecil" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:52:48 -0500 (EST)

DSCC WEEKLY 
February 17, 2012

The Republican War on Women Continues

Yesterday morning, House Republicans held a hearing on birth control and refused to include even one woman on the panel. And in the Senate, GOP leaders are backing the Blunt Amendment, which would allow any employer to deny women basic contraception coverage for any reason. Once again, Republicans are proving that they are only interested in waging war on women.

Over 54,000 have already signed our petition, but we're trying to get 100,000 to stand strong. Sign the petition below.
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Stop the Republican War on Women!

It's hard to believe that in the 21st century we have to fight for access to birth control, but that is the fact. Please stand with us: Add your name to our One Million Strong for Women campaign, and help us fight back against attacks on women's health! Add your name below.  http://www.democratsenators.org/o/44/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=369&track=OMFW_DSCC_201202&tag=OMFW_DSCC_201202  

Allen Embraces VA GOP's 'Personhood' Amendment

Pandering to the far right, George Allen issued a statement in support of extreme legislation that jeopardizes access to contraception and health care for Virginia women.  http://virginiapolitics.tumblr.com/post/17631628349/personhood-bill-at-issue-in-u-s-senate-race 

Brown, Stabenow Up Double Digits

Two polls released this week showed Michigan's Debbie Stabenow and Ohio's Sherrod Brown up double digits against their GOP challengers. A Quinnipiac poll showed Brown up 13 points, and a PPP poll  showed Stabenow up at least 14 over each challenger. The Michigan survey showed that Hoekstra's controversial Super Bowl ad backfired terribly, with a plurality of voters saying they were turned off by the ad.
http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2012/02/q-poll-brown-up.php 
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/02/stabenow-up-14-on-hoekstra-as-ad-backfires.html#more;

Hoekstra Takes Down Ad

After becoming a national punch line, Pete Hoekstra removed his infamous Super Bowl ad from Michigan airwaves. Now, Hoekstra is running a new spot blaming the media for the controversy. Meanwhile, his primary opponent is using the ad to outline Hoekstra's terrible voting record on spending.
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120209/POLITICS02/202090432/Hoekstra-takes-down-Chinese-themed-site-attacking-Stabenow?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE  

Spotlight: Scott Brown Trying to Block Access to Healthcare

In Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren is taking issue with Scott Brown's support for a GOP bill that would allow any employer to deny any health coverage for any reason. "It's an assault on every family in Massachusetts," Warren told the Boston Globe. "This would mean no one could count on basic health coverage." 
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2012/02/15/scott-brown-cosponsors-bill-allow-employers-limit-health-care-coverage/b2nC8jIVVshSUHWZ9xh8zM/story.html  

Fate of the Senate

Even the ultra-conservative Weekly Standard agrees Democrats are looking strong. This week they lay out a long list of reasons why Senate Democrats are winning the fight to maintain their majority."
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/shrinking-senate-hopes_626641.html?nopager=1  

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