Kay Hagan just wanted to swim. It was late 2008, and the Democrat was newly arrived on Capitol Hill as North Carolina’s junior senator-elect. But Hagan was told that the Senate pool was males-only. Why? Because some of the male senators liked to swim naked. It took an intervention by Senator Chuck Schumer, head of the Rules Committee, to put…
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Every single vote is going to matter in this election. Let’s get out there & win! #Clinton4Coakley! #magov #mapoli pic.twitter.com/mkqbuf68ub
— Martha Coakley (@marthacoakley)October 24, 2014
ICYMI: @emilyslist has now raised over $400 million to support pro-choice Democratic women candidates since its founding in 1985.
— Stephanie Schriock (@Schriock1)August 20, 2014
.@emilyslist elected historic numbers of Dem women in 2012 and people across the country have seen just what these women are capable of -
— Stephanie Schriock (@Schriock1)August 20, 2014
For example: ending the government shutdown, reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act…
— Stephanie Schriock (@Schriock1)August 20, 2014
And forcing our country to have a real discussion about sexual assault in our military and on our college campuses in the last 2 years alone
— Stephanie Schriock (@Schriock1)August 20, 2014
Democratic women have been at the forefront on every major issue – from the Family Medical Leave Act and Title IX to healthcare reform.
— Stephanie Schriock (@Schriock1)August 20, 2014
And not only are Americans impressed, they are ready to send them reinforcements.
— Stephanie Schriock (@Schriock1)August 20, 2014
We continue to see momentum growing for women’s leadership in this country.
— Stephanie Schriock (@Schriock1)August 20, 2014
.@emilyslist is ready to build on that momentum in 2014 and we have candidates and the infrastructure to do it.
— Stephanie Schriock (@Schriock1)August 20, 2014
After 29 years, the work @emilyslist has done to elect women leaders is clear – and we’re not stopping anytime soon.
— Stephanie Schriock (@Schriock1)August 20, 2014