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Congresswoman Maxine Waters |
An advocate for international peace, justice, and human rights entrepreneurs laud her for her work to opportunities |
Feature: Brenda Carey County Commissioner Seminole County, FL |
An advocate for international peace, justice, and human rights entrepreneurs laud her for her work to expand contracting and procurement opportunities |
Worked on legislation and programs aimed to promote an ownership society and to ensure a safe and prosperous future for all Americans |
Brenda Carey is the President and CEO, The Carey Company Firm specializes in real estate strategic planning. Fights for women and children issues, started an Domestic Violence Awareness Luncheon |
County Commissioner Brenda Carey |
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters |
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Fights for women and children issues, started an Domestic Violence Awareness Luncheon with local Sheriff raising over $200,000 |
Judge Leah Ward Sears |
Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, the first woman to win a contested state-wide election in Georgia. |
Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn |
Marsha Blackburn U.S. Congresswoman 7th District of Tennessee |
Born June 6, 1952, Marsha Blackburn is a native of Mississippi graduate of Northeast Jones High School in Laurel, Mississippi and Mississippi State University. Blackburn is a small business owner and has been actively involved in Tennessee grass- roots politics and civic organizations for more than 25 years. Marsha began her political career in 1977 as a founding member of the Williamson County Young Republicans. |
She served as chairwoman of the Williamson County Republican Party from 1989 to 1991 and in 1998, Blackburn was elected State Senator, becoming the first woman to represent Tennessee's 23rd Senate District. While in the Tennessee Senate, Blackburn led a statewide grassroots campaign to defeat the proposed state income tax. Her frequent appearances on talk radio and positive mention in national publications like the Wall Street Journal made her a recognized national anti-tax and government reform advocate. She quickly earned a reputation for keeping her legislative focus on defending and expanding individual freedom and free enterprise. In 1995, Marsha Blackburn served the Governor’s Cabinet as Executive Director of Tennessee’s Film, Entertainment, and Music Commission where she helped preserve and expand the state’s significant role in America’s multi-billion dollar content development and entertainment markets. Elected as State Senator in 1998, she served as minority whip in the 101st General Assembly and on the General Welfare, Health and Human Services, Judiciary, and Transportation Committees. While in the State Senate, Marsha Blackburn led a state-wide grassroots campaign to defeat the proposed state income tax and her high profile and frequent media interviews on radio and television and positive mentions in national publications like the Wall Street Journal, made her a recognized national anti-tax and government reform advocate. She sponsored legislation to protect the Second Amendment, for quality and affordable childcare, and reforms against illegal immigration. |
In 2002, Marsha Blackburn was elected as U.S. Congressman from Tennessee’s 7th District. In 2003, she was one of only a few newly-elected Congressman selected to serve as an assistant whip on the majority whip team. Prior to being Congressman, she served in the Tennessee legislature for four years. It was during this period of time when she earned a reputation in public policy leadership as a steadfast conservative, committed to the Jeffersonian principles of limited government and individual responsibility, family strength, and grass-roots and community advocacy. Since taking office in 2003, Congressman Blackburn has worked on legislation and programs aimed to promote an ownership society and to ensure a safe and prosperous future for all Americans. She has helped pass tax relief, restore concurrent receipt for Veterans, enact health care legislation for small businesses, board pay raise for our men and women in uniform, prohibit partial birth abortion and reform the personnel system of the Department of Defense. In 2005, Congressman Blackburn was selected by House leadership, at the start of the 109th Congress, to serve as majority member for the exclusive House Energy & Commerce Committee. The Congressman championed restoration of the federal sales tax deduction in 2003 and 2004 and co-sponsored legislation in 2003, incorporated into the American Jobs Creation Act. This restored state and local sales tax deducibility on federal returns in Tennessee for the first time in nearly two decades. In her advocacy for reducing government spending, Congressman Blackburn sponsored three bills to require across the board spending cuts in the Federal budget during the 108th Congress. She serves as the Vice-Chairman of the Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management, and is the Co-Chair of House Task Force on waste, fraud and abuse. Congressman Blackburn also serves as Co-Chair of the Congressional Songwriters Caucus which she founded in 2003, to give Tennessee’s community of songwriters a voice on Capital Hill. The Congressman is keenly focused on the urgent need for tough and meaningful immigration reform addressing illegal immigration and a border security policy to secure the nation’s southern border. She continues to fight to eliminate federal laws that constrain private industry, especially those burdening small businesses, and to support the efforts to access more domestic oil sources. Named a ‘rising star’ by the Capitol Hill newspaper, Roll Call, only three years ago, U.S. Representative Marsha Blackburn has quickly earned a renowned reputation as one of America’s most articulate and engaged political leaders. The National Journal described Congressman Blackburn as a ‘top House conservative’ in recognition of her conservative voting record. Americans for Tax Reform called the Congressman a ‘taxpayer hero’. The National Taxpayer Union named her ‘taxpayers friend’. Marsha received the ‘Best & Brightest Award’ from the American Conservative Union for her 100% conservative voting record. She was endorsed by the National Federation of Independent Business and named ‘Small Business Champion’ by the Small Business Bureau & Entrepreneurship/Council. The Family Research Council awarded Congressman Blackburn the ‘true blue’ distinction for the first half of the 108th Congress. The National Right to Life praised Blackburn for supporting the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act and 100% pro-life voting record. She scored a 100 in the American Shareholders Association for protecting American shareholders. She was thanked by the Military Officers Association of Middle Tennessee for pro-military voting record and received 100% pro-family voting record from the Christian Coalition of America. She received the ‘Spirit of Enterprise’ award from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The American Legion National Headquarters recognized Congressman Blackburn for voting to support increased Veterans Affairs medical care funding and she was praised by the Government Accountability Project for supporting Federal whistleblower protection. The Congressman also received 100% approval from the US Boarder Control. A voice to be heard and reckoned with, in living rooms, board rooms and in the hallways of governments, Congressman Marsha Blackburn is deemed by the media to be a key spokesperson on vital issues facing America and the world. She is a frequent guest on prime time television news programs, radio shows and featured in major national publications. Congressman Marsha Blackburn stands confidently and firm in her fight for meaningful immigration reform, reduced federal spending, national security, taxpayers and families. She is grateful for the leadership entrusted to her. Congressman Blackburn is confident that, in protecting our homeland and working for a world free of terror, we will succeed in building a safe and peaceful world for generations to come. |
Named a ‘rising star’ by the Capitol Hill newspaper, Roll Call, only three years ago, U.S. Representative Marsha Blackburn has quickly earned a renowned reputation as one of America’s most articulate and engaged political leaders. |
U.S. Congressman Marsha Blackburn paid a visit to Peabody dean Camilla Benbow and a group of faculty researchers to discuss the ways our research is playing a role in the current education debates on NCLB and other education-related issues. |
Marsha Blackburn spoke about the importance of women's leadership and about seeing past the traditional stereotypes. "Leadership is not as it appears; it is as it performs," said Blackburn. "People want leaders who will get things done, and women excel at that." |
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