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angrychair

(8,735 posts) Thu Jan 3, 2019, 05:24 PM Jan 2019

Congress: then and now a tale of two Parties

Total women in the U.S. House:

1989:
16 Democrats
13 Republicans

2019:
89 Democrats
13 Republicans

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Congress: then and now a tale of two Parties (Original Post) angrychair Jan 2019 OP

2020 will see more women in the House and Senate..... ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2019 #1

Educate the electorate. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #2

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,807 posts)

1. 2020 will see more women in the House and Senate.....

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Thu Jan 3, 2019, 05:56 PM

Jan 2019

Especially since women of color and from different backgrounds won seats they never thought they could win.

Democrats are fired up. The Republicans are still scratching their heads as to what went wrong.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,464 posts)

2. Educate the electorate.

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Thu Jan 3, 2019, 06:02 PM

Jan 2019

The Repugs have held the country back for too long.

Let the new House mark the beginning.

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