Women To Watch In The 119th U.S. Congress Freshman Class
The 119th Congress officially kicked off on January 3rd with 21 women being sworn in for the first time. Here are some of the ...
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What’s the Gender, Race and Religious Makeup of the Current Congress?
the number of women in Congress has declined as a result of the November elections, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. One hundred fifty women will serve in ...
House conservative defies Johnson over remote voting for new moms in Congress
GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna repeatedly tried to convince Speaker Mike Johnson that he — as a pro-family champion — should back ...
‘A Bounty on My Head’: Congress’s First Transgender Member Faces the Trump Era
Representative Sarah McBride did not run for Congress emphasizing L.G.B.T.Q. issues. But since her arrival in Washington, her identity has come under attack from newly empowered Republicans.
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Representative Brittany Pettersen: I Can’t Do My Job in Congress Because I’m About to Have a Baby
But it’s really hard going back and forth from DC. I’m one of just a handful of women in Congress that has a toddler, and it’s not a coincidence. It’s because these jobs are not set up for us.
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119th Congress brings new growth in racial, ethnic diversity to Capitol Hill
Overall, 139 of today’s senators and representatives identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American or Native American.
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House passes bill to ban transgender student-athletes from women's sports
Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Mass., the only woman in Congress who played Division I college sports, said Republicans were using the measure to "inject themselves into decisions they have no business making." ...