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Percentage of Women Running Major House Committees in 2013: Zero

Source: The Atlantic, Nov 28 2012, 12:50pm CST

The House of Representatives may have a record number of women legislators next year, but they're mainly to be found in the ranks of out-of-power Democrats. Congressional leaders, then and now. (Peter Ruta, 1963) It is an unfortunate side effect ...

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Obama, Boehner and the GOP Crisis of Leadership

Source: U.S. News & World Report  |   Jun 19 2013, 9:56am CDT

The answer to that question in Washington is perhaps no one. And both President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner are taking the heat – unfairly – for that reality. There's no doubt that Washington in general and Congress in particular are a ...

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Report: Murkowski Becomes The Third GOP Senator To Support Gay Marriage

Source: The Business Insider  |   Jun 19 2013, 9:53am CDT

You have successfully emailed the post. Murkowski's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Murkowski would be the third Republican senator to support gay marriage. Sen. Rob Portman (R- ...

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Alaska's Murkowski becomes third GOP senator to back same-sex marriage

Source: MSNBC  |   Jun 19 2013, 9:52am CDT

By Michael O'Brien, Political Reporter, NBC News Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said Wednesday that she supports legalizing same-sex marriage, becoming the third GOP member of the Senate to endor ...

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In partisan vote, US House acts to limit abortions

Source: The State  |   Jun 19 2013, 9:49am CDT

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives Tuesday approved the most restrictive ban on abortion considered by Congress in a decade, a largely symbolic vote that laid bare the deep ideological differences between Democrats and ...

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White House Threatens to Veto 5-Month Abortion Ban Bill

Source: CNSNews.com  |   Jun 19 2013, 9:25am CDT

President Barack Obama and a baby (AP Photo/Jim Cole) (CNSNews.com) - The White House has vowed to veto a House bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks gestation with exceptions of rape and incest. “Th ...

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House Republicans Want to Cut $20.5B from Food Stamps

Source: The Nonprofit Quarterly  |   Jun 19 2013, 9:22am CDT

The program has grown since President Obama’s first term in office, as he expanded benefits for people during the recession. House Republicans want to cut $20.5 billion over 10 years from the program, in stark contrast with the $4 billion cut a ...

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House, Senate at standoff over vaccines, voter registration bill

Source: The Union Leader  |   Jun 19 2013, 9:21am CDT

CONCORD -- House and Senate negotiators were at a stand-off Tuesday over legislation that would both change the identification requirements for voter registration and also expand the base of entities that pay into a fund that purchas ...

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Third Republican Senator Comes Out For Marriage Equality

Source: Think Progress  |   Jun 19 2013, 9:15am CDT

Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski (R) became the third sitting Republican senator to support marriage equality on Wednesday, just days before the Supreme Court is expected to rule on two cases that could expand marriage rig ...

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House passes sweeping anti-abortion bill

Source: Salon  |   Jun 19 2013, 9:13am CDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats characterized as yet another example of a ...

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Talk of 'nuclear option' prompts GOP backlash

Source: MSNBC Blogs  |   Jun 19 2013, 9:06am CDT

To pull off the procedural tactic, Reid would need near-unanimous support from his fellow Senate Democrats, and at this point, he doesn't have it. Just yesterday, Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), who is retiring next ye ...

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