Senator Dianne Feinstein to lead on gun issue

Huffington Post– In the wake of Friday’s mass killing at an elementary school in Connecticut, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Sunday that she plans to introduce an assault weapons ban bill on the first day of the new Congress. “I’m going to introduce in the Senate, and the same bill will be introduced in the…

Read More

Another Strong Woman Take-Down

NBC NEWS – Embattled U.N. envoy Susan Rice is dropping out of the running to be the next secretary of state after months of criticism over her Benghazi comments, she told NBC News on Thursday. “If nominated, I am now convinced that the confirmation process would be lengthy, disruptive and costly – to you and to…

Read More

Congresswoman Terri Sewell Receives Top Committee Appointment

Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell Named to House Financial Services Committee for the 113th Congress Washington, DC- Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell was named to the powerful House Committee on Financial Services for the 113th Congress by House Democratic Leadership and her colleagues. The House Financial Services Committee has jurisdiction over the financial services and housing sectors,…

Read More

Congratulations to Women Candidates

By Paula Xanthopoulou – Sincerest congratulations to those women who won their hard-fought races!  Each and every one had to run under circumstances not faced by their male counterparts… Lots has been written about the 2012 General Election results for women.  Some reports have referred to the “record number” of women who will be in the…

Read More

What Hillary wants

What Hillary wants. Never has so much been written (and spoken) about a politician so unknowable. Over the weekend, the New York Times published a lengthy piece about soon-to-be-former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and whether she might run for president. Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who is regarded as a likely 2016 candidate in his own right,…

Read More

Twenty and Counting

By GAIL COLLINS, New York Times You may have heard that there are going to be 20 women in the Senate next year. I’ve been trying to figure out what that means. Well, it means one-fifth. Whoop-di-do. Still, up to now there have only been 39 women senators in all of American history. In 2001, the…

Read More