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decided to run, people said to me that that experience is not sufficient. So, we have to think about: What is a transferrable skill? … I guess the only experience that seemed to be sufficient was holding an elected office or a background in law. … There are so many women who have a different skill set or different types of experience, and they’re not thinking, “This is actually a transferrable skill that would be very beneficial in this body.
Left-right: Sen. Shelley Moore Capito , Politico’s Anna Palmer, Rep. Carol Miller , Rep. Jahana Hayes , former Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Sen. Mazie Hirono . | Stephen Voss for POLITICO MagazineFor me, it was having three committee meetings at the same time. That was totally different from any experience I’d had in the statehouse.
The 2018 elections saw many notable departures and arrivals in Washington, including former Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen , a Florida Republican who retired in 2018 and whose Miami-area district flipped from red to blue, and Rep. Jahana Hayes , a Connecticut Democrat and former teacher who won election to an open congressional seat. | Stephen Voss for POLITICO Magazine]—and I had already written in a pretty expansive leave policy.
culturally, I think a lot of things have changed. For the first time in history, we have a woman who wears a hijab on the floor and that creates a space for—if the Republicans were to elect a woman who was a Muslim, we don’t have to revisit that conversation because the door has already been open, and we have two Native American women.I think the culture is changing. It’s slower perhaps in the Republican Party, but it’s getting better. We’re not going backward, which is quite a lot to say.
… If we look at the whole of our lives, whether we had children or not, we have other people in our lives that we’re taking care of. And we’re used to negotiating because if you’re a mother with three kids and one of them wants to go to Wendy’s and the other two want to go to McDonald’s, you’ve got to negotiate the package. … Maybe we’re willing to look at the long term, the goal being getting more money for opioid funding or getting a strong military.
You don’t really want us to look at this Congress’s performance, do you?
We learned they can't govern and are more concerned with their 'friend group' than results.
Made the House waste 3 years on a Russia Collusion hoax? Waste months trying to impeach the POTUS based on hearsay? If they were smart they wouldn’t want to be associated with the House at all. I’d say blame men but Pelosi and The Squad are responsible. Great job ladies.
They’ve been so angry it’s hard to tell. Absolutely no legislation was passed if that’s what you’re asking.
A couple of the brain dead woman garnered all the spotlight. On the other hand Kyrsten Sinema is doing a great job.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Considering the number of misuse of funds shady dealings and recent stories of staff harassment it seems we can come to one conclusion... Women are not super hero's they are susceptible to abuse of power just like men... we are all human and power is corrosive to the soul
It's too soon. I'm optimistic beyond 2020 for women in congress
Everything works so much better now with women in power!
Non stop hysteria?
Year of women? What is a woman? Gender is a social construct.
They are too concerned with impeachment....they have not gotten anything done 🤷♂️ Maybe they made some sandwiches Idk
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