Monday, March 21, 2011

United States Congresswoman Gwen Moore

I plan on continuing my discussion on information about Congresswoman Gwen Moore's Election Campaigns. As I was researching from a prior blog, I stumbled across a magnificent website titled Opensecrets.org. I instantaneously knew that I would reference this website for future blogs/assignments. I was fortunate to obtain this graph that shows certain amounts of donations from several "Political Action Committee's":


PAC Donors  ↓Total  ↓
Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union$5,000
Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers$5,000
Bank of America$5,000
Laborers Union Local 113$5,000
DRS Technologies$5,000
American Optometric Assn$2,500
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans$1,500
Assurant Inc$1,000
Northwestern Mutual Life$1,000
Chicago Board Options Exchange$1,000
American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees$1,000
American Land Title Assn$1,000
American Assn for Justice$1,000
CUNA Mutual Insurance Society$500


This graph is "*Based on data released by the FEC on February 28th of 2011"  

Friday, March 4, 2011

Congresswoman Gwen Moore 03/03/2011


I have done some researching on Congresswoman Gwen Moore's "Election Campaigns". As I did some research I stumbled across Rep. Moore's "Campaign Headquarters/Website". As I read through this website in search of some concrete information on Congresswoman Moore I learned that people like "myself" and you, whomever is reading this particular blog, is her contributors. Congresswoman Gwen Moore's Campaign website seeks people of our caliber. She seeks students, low income, middle income, and even upper income individuals and/or families to assist her through donating to her election campaigns. What I saw on her campaign website was various different links, with different titles, that a person could click on to donate to her campaign. It seemed extremely easy, and a person does not have to be computer savvy to make donations, in my opinion. Representative Gwen Moore actually states on her Campaign website that a person can donate "$10, $25, $50, $100, $250, $500, $1000", or any amount that you can afford at the time that you would see fit.


Also as I continued searching through various websites in search of information on Congresswoman Gwen Moore's Election Campaign. I spotted two unique and revealing graphs from a website that conveys Congresswoman Gwen Moore's data on precisely how much she earned and spent for her 2010 election.



2010 election
Total Receipts$55,934
Total Spent  (view expenditures)$56,248
Begin Cash on Hand$5,000
End Cash on Hand$4,686
Debts$0
Date of last reportDecember 31, 2010
Contributions from this PAC to federal candidates (list recipients)
(100% to Democrats, 0% to Republicans)
$30,500
Contributions to this PAC from individual donors of $200 or more ( list donors)$18,850

Friday, February 25, 2011

U.S. Representative-Gwen Moore

Hello, my blog will be in regard to "United States congresswoman Gwen Moore". I will start my blog in describing Representative Gwen Moore's background. First, "congresswoman Gwen Moore is a member of the prestigous House Committee on Financial Services, which has jurisdiction over the banking, insurance and housing industries". According to her biography, "she serves on three subcommittees of the House Committee on Financial Services", which includes the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises; the International Monetary Policy Subcommittee; and the Oversight and Investigations subcommittee. Representative Gwen Moore has also been appointed to the House Budget Committee, which oversees the federal budget process, reviews all bills and resolution on the budget, and monitors agencies and programs funded from the budget process.

Also according to her biography, "In addition to her committee work, Representative Gwen Moore was elected vice chair of the Congressional Women's caucus by her fellow female colleagues. She has held this position since January 2009. In this capacity she has become a leader on issues like health insurance reform, domestic violence and maternal and infant mortality". Also according to her biography, "Congresswoman Gwen Moore has been tapped as a leader on world affairs for four consecutive years as a United States delegate to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) Parlimentary Assembly". The biography goes on to say, "In this role, Representative Gwen Moore has pushed the OSCE nations to address the high global maternal mortality rate".

The biography goes on to say, "Congresswoman Gwen Moore has worked to improve the health of women and to deal with the vulture funds that prey on poor nations that have been selected to benefit from global debt relief efforts". It states, "Congresswoman Moore is a strong advocate for measures that focus on improving the economic and employment conditions in low income communities". I really lucky to have Congresswoman Gwen Moore as a United States Representative for Milwaukee. I feel confident that she will be diligent in working for the improvement of Milwaukee County as a whole.

The biography goes on to say, "Congresswoman Gwen Moore has fought to curb predatory lending in minority neighborhoods, supported sound efforts to help small businesses grow and advance the creation of new jobs, pushed for more affordable housing, and advocated for compliance with respect to the non-discriminatory hiring of minority-owned businesses for government contracts". Also the biography states, "Rep. Moore has been an ardent supporter of initiatives that put low income students on the path to educational success". Also stated is that, "Rep. Moore has consistently supported legislation to ensure low-income students have school access to three nutritious meals a day, year round, as good nutrition has been proven to improve children's attendance and attentiveness".

Also stated in the biography is that, "Congresswoman Moore has also advoctaed for federal TRIO programs, which are designed to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds and help them get to college. TRIO includes six outreach and support programs targeted to search and assist low-income, first generation college students--and students with disabilities--to progress through the academic pipeline from middle school to post baccalaureate programs"

While doing my research on Congresswoman Gwen Moore I also found out that "when it comes to United States military troops, Representative Gwen Moore has been a strong advocate for boosting the efforts of the United States Department of Defense and Veteran Affairs department to ensure our nation's service members and veterans get the care they need to successfully address Post Tramatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)". Also stated was, "In order to combat the stigmas associated with PTSD, Congresswoman Moore has introduced legislation to promote confidential mental health care services for members of the military".

Congresswoman Gwen Moore was born in my hometown which is Racine, Wisconsin in 1951. Representative Gwen Moore was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Congresswoman Gwen Moore's father was a factory worker and her mother was a public school teacher. Congresswoman Gwen Moore attended North Division High School in Milwaukee where she served as Student Council President, according to the biography that I read.