Children’s Welfare Shouldn’t Make for Partisan Politics: Why this Foreign Adoption Bill is Making Headlines

February 18, 2014

Spearheaded by Senator Mary Landrieu, a Louisiana democrat who is herself the mother of two adopted children, the “Children in Families Act” crosses party lines and is co-sponsored by both democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren and Tea Party republican Michele Bachmann.

While some opponents are skeptical about creating more government bureaucracy, Landrieu’s group feels it is…

Vicki Clinebell majored in journalism at the University of Colorado and headed to an advertising agency before beginning a long career in broadcasting, spanning production and copywriting to Sales and Management for an ABC affiliate station.

Her decision to switch gears to pursue a career in writing fulfilled a lifelong ambition. She started as a blogger for a diverse group of businesses, and now writes for a number of digital publications for companies stationed in her hometown in the Rocky Mountains, and provides advertising copy and media buys for national and regional clients. She finds the research as intersting as the writing—she loves learning about subjects as diverse as construction scaffolding, child safety seats, and the newest trends in beauty and fashion.