izations have always been bipartisan actions, insulated from politics. Unfortunately, that’s not the case this year. Even though the Senate has passed a bipartisan, inclusive VAWA reauthorization, the Republican Leaders of the House of Representatives refuse to take it up.

Victims of sexual assault and domestic violence should not be subject to this kind of political gamesmanship. On December 11, I joined 119 other lawmakers in co-signing a letter to the House Leadership urging a Floor vote on the Violence Against Women Act bill before the end of the year.

ividuals in Michigan have saved an average of $721 on prescription drugs. During the same period, about 888,872 people with original Medicare in Michigan received one or more preventive services at no cost to them, with 125,258 having received an Annual Wellness Visit.

Learn more about Medicare Drug Discounts: http://www.healthcare.gov/law/features/65-older/drug-discounts/index.html

Learn more about Medicare Preventive Services: http://www.healthcare.gov/law/features/65-older/medicare-preventive-services/index.html

ggling to find work in this tough economy, will immediately lose their unemployment insurance. If you have a story about how unemployment insurance impacts you, your family, or community, please share it with me by clicking the link and joining the eCall to Extend Unemployment Insurance.

o take effect in January. I support addressing these end of the year issues and setting the stage for further deficit reduction and tax reform in 2013. One especially dire impact of the fiscal cliff is the federally-funded unemployment benefits will completely stop on December 29th unless Congress acts. We would experience a “human cliff” where on Day 1, two million-plus people would lose their unemployment benefits entirely. Read more on the impact the loss of unemployment benefits would have on American families.