For The Next Generation; A Wake-UP Call to Solving Our Nation's Problems

Schultz, Debbie Wasserman, with Fenster, Julie M.

ISBN 10: 1250000998 / ISBN 13: 9781250000996

Published by St. Martin's Press, New York, 2013

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viii, [2], 308, [2] pages. Illustrations. Selected Sources. List of Organizations. Index. Some underlining noted. Inscribed by Debbie on the half-title page. Deborah Wasserman Schultz (born September 27, 1966) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Florida's 23rd congressional district, first elected to Congress in 2004. She is a member of the Democratic Party and a former Chairwoman for the Democratic National Committee. Wasserman Schultz was a national campaign co-chair for Hillary Clinton's unsuccessful 2008 run for president. She is the first Jewish representative elected from Florida. Wasserman Schultz was elected chairperson of the Democratic National Committee in May 2011, replacing Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. Derived from a Kirkus review: Democratic National Committee chair Schultz assembles a party platform and memoir organized around improving the lives of America's children. A frankly partisan political treatment anticipating the upcoming midterm elections, the author's detailed discussion of the issues chronicles the effects of legislative obstructionism. She reviews the major planks in the Democratic Party's platform, from reform of the financial system to global defense issues and health care, but she also examines social security, Medicare and Medicaid. She takes up particular legislative initiatives dealing with children, women and the family. Schultz is active in the fight against hunger in the United States, and she sponsored the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008, which aimed the largest law enforcement effort ever against sexual predators and child pornographers and mandated different agencies to cooperate. She also fought for the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: For The Next Generation; A Wake-UP Call to Solving Our Nation's Problems
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1250000998
• ISBN 13: 9781250000996
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very good
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Synopsis

Congresswoman and Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz challenges the nation to resolve tough political issues for future generations.

America has witnessed the dangers that come with shortsightedness, writes Debbie Wasserman Schultz in For the Next Generation. If we want to ensure prosperity for ourselves and an improved way of life for young Americans, we have to change, starting now. We must:

· Create jobs

· Turned around our economy

· Formulate a long-term energy solution

· Reform immigration policies

· Enhance and expand health-care coverage

Yet these important issues have been sidelined by gridlock in a Congress that is too concerned about the next election to worry about the future. The group of Americans who have the most to lose from this dysfunction are the ones least represented in government: America's children. For the Next Generation is a call to action, one mother's challenge to her congressional colleagues and to the rest of the nation, to adopt a parent's perspective for doing right by kids.

Marked by clarity and by Debbie's characteristic poise, this polemic is informed by the congresswoman's own personal and professional experiences. It digs deep, exposing very real threats that America faces as a result of its failure to confront tough decisions in politics. Debbie conveys a vision of an America that has learned hard lessons from its recent past, an America galvanized by a renewed sense of purpose for applying that wisdom through forward-thinking policies on education, civil rights, and foreign policy. She describes how she will fight to overcome the legislative obstacles that inhibit progress, and she calls upon fair-minded Americans to lend their own strengths to securing a better tomorrow for the next generation.

About the Author

DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ was the youngest woman elected to the Florida state legislature and the first Jewish Congresswoman elected from Florida. Wife, mother of three, and breast cancer survivor, she is currently the Chair of the Democratic National Committee.

JULIE M. FENSTER is the author of FDR's Shadow, The Case of Abraham Lincoln, and Ether Day, and co-author of the New York Times bestseller Parish Priest.