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‘Stand your butt up’ and other unusual threats heard in Congress today
A House member was compared to a smurf, a kidney may have been punched and Sen. Bernie Sanders had to keep the peace.
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'There is still work to be done': Voters with disabilities face unaddressed barriers to the ballot
From transportation troubles to a lack of accessible equipment, researchers estimate that if accommodations were prioritized, over 2 million more votes would be cast.
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We asked every member of Congress about child care policy. Only 5 Republicans answered.
Child care has been billed as an issue as popular as “golden retrievers" by one Republican senator. So why were the vast majority of our responses from Democrats?
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Abortion rights keep winning, and Democrats see a lesson for 2024
Election results in Ohio, Virginia and Kentucky show the issue’s continued potency and give a boost to efforts to pass ballot measures in red and purple states next year.
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Danica Roem becomes first transgender state senator in the South
Roem’s victory in Virginia is significant for a region with such a large transgender population, the majority of which live in states that are passing laws to restrict their rights.
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Virginia Republicans embraced a 15-week abortion ban — and then lost
Tuesday’s election results in Virginia are a rebuke to what anti-abortion advocates and Republican politicians hoped was a limit that a broad swath of voters could get behind.
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Cherelle Parker elected Philadelphia’s 100th mayor, the first woman to win the post
Parker was heavily favored over Republican David Oh to replace term-limited Democratic Mayor Jim Kenney.
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How abortion became the central issue in Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court race
Democrat Dan McCaffery won the vacant seat on a court that will likely make consequential decisions on abortion access in the near future.
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The Women’s Bureau has spent 100 years improving work for women — but the House wants to eliminate it
For the first time in at least a decade, the House has put forward a funding bill that includes no money for the only federal agency to “represent the needs and interests of working women.”
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Virginians hand Democrats control of the legislature, blocking GOP efforts on abortion and trans rights
The results are a rebuke for Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who had promised to work for a 15-week abortion ban if his party won.