House Republicans are going to war "for" women, but some people have their doubts

wxyz ^ | 8-6-2014 | MIRANDA GREEN

[Citizen Zed]

Congressional Republicans are trying to woo women voters by going to war “for” them.

House Republicans last week introduced a legislative package aimed at working women that is largely considered part of a new concerted effort to turn the “War On Women” into a “War For Women.” But women on the left and the right are either questioning the legitimacy of the bills or wondering whether it’s all just a campaign gag as the mid-term elections heat up.

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Republican Conference Chair and former chairman of the Women’s Caucus, held a press conference to present  “Legislation to Empower Americans at Work & at Home.” Some of the 10 bills already have passed the House and others are new. Only one, the Increasing Job Training Programs, has been enacted into law.

The package includes measures to increase job training, create tax breaks for families with children, push flexible working hours and give more power to charter schools. Taken together, the bills aim to help families in general and women in particular – married and single women.

“You think about a changing 21st-century workforce and how women make up half of our workforce. Fifty percent are the primary income earners in their households," McMorris Rodgers said at the press conference. "They are making the majority of purchasing decisions -- 80, 85 percent of purchasing decisions -- yes, women like to shop. So our workforce has changed, but our laws also need to reflect what is a changing workforce.”

Appealing to women became a Republican Party priority following the Mitt Romney’s loss in to Barack Obama in 2012.

[Citizen Zed]

And when Obama does not sign any of these bills he'll blame white men for doing nothing.

[RIghtwardHo]

And yet they will still vote Dim in November.

[trisham]

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[GeronL]

More spending and pandering

[tflabo]

‘War on women’...buncha BS ‘newspeak’ in the USA. Better hope Sharia law never becomes the law of the land for that’s when the real war on women will commence.

[fifedom]

But women on the left and the right are either questioning the legitimacy of the bills or wondering whether it’s all just a campaign gag as the mid-term elections heat up.

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Typical left-wing media biased reporting dressing up the wackjob reporters opinion as fact. Why not name the questioning women?? The reason is that the reportette made them up or they are all RAT operatives.

[ClaytonP]

Well it just gives me another reason not to vote for these manginas.

[Morpheus2009]

This is something that ACA and the Democrats NEVER addressed. Given that Canada does fine with one year maternity leave. Propose a bill extending it to 6 months. I wonder how many women would go for it like crazy? Too bad politicians on either side are too lazy to try this idea.

[Only1choice____Freedom]

Going to war, with women.

Going to war with women.

The little things make a big difference.