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Let’s Make a Deal: Women Senators Get Things Done

By Diane Vacca

Female senators have persuaded their male colleagues that “women’s issues” affect everybody; that sexual assault in the military is a real problem, and not just for women; that health, education, child care, abortion, and pay equity affect the entire family. And they seized the reins in the default debate.

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Power Women Update: Searching for That 31 Percent

By Chris Lombardi

We’ve been excited here at WVFC to see so many women in their prime appointed to important posts in the new administration, from Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State to Hilda Solis (seen above) as Labor Secretary. However, as Allison Stevens pointed out at Women’s eNews this week, many if not most were talented members of the House and Senate…