Indiana State Representative Wendy McNamara

Politics Aside

Justin Groenert and Matthew Neville are joined by Indiana State Representative for District 76, Wendy McNamara. Wendy answers questions about the recent Statehouse session, some of the more interesting bills she saw, and how to get more women involved in politics. Also, they introduce the Politics Aside Book Club's first book - All the Kings Men by Robert Penn Warren. Topics discussed: New show feed! Make sure to subscribe/rate/review! politicsasideshow.com Senators redoing the recently passed house healthcare bill Demise of Obamacare far from occurring at this point Trump saying shutting down the government could be a good thing - https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/859393829505552385 either elect more Republican Senators in 2018 or change the rules now to 51%. Our country needs a good "shutdown" in September to fix mess! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 2, 2017 Wendy McNamara Indiana State Representative district 76 - https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2014/legislators/legislator_wendy_mcnamara_1046/ 1200 bills filed 270 became law this year most flexible/discussed topics. less contentious than the past, good session rates it 8 out of 10 talks about her early campaign winning by 4 votes in 2010 why become a legislator? Problem-solving and helping noticing kids not having a voice when teaching, advocating for juvenile issues when voting, felt she needed to run for state rep addressing the roads issue House bill 1002 - https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1002 Difference in administrations of Daniels / Pence / Holcomb How to get more women in the political system? sometimes it takes someone else to ask Lugar series for women https://www.lugarseries.com/ employer flexibility changing the mindset of the public in general listening is important even if you can't fix something fun (crazy) bill from the session synthetic urine bill touching bill from the session ability to use CBD oil for children of epilepsy just passed Asks what are the true issues/most pressing issues? Justin used to drive Wendy around the state -not a good driver Book club All the Kings Men - Robert Penn Warren - https://www.amazon.com/All-Kings-Robert-Penn-Warren-ebook/dp/B00A1TEZA6/ one month will have a conversation about the book Iron Sheik Tweet of the week