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Women have served in the United States House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the United States Congress, since 1917 following the election of Republican Jeannette Rankin from Montana, the first woman in Congress. [ 1 ] In total, 376 women have been U.S. representatives and seven more have been non-voting delegates.
Elise Marie Stefanik (/ stəˈfɑːnɪk / stə-FAH-nick; born July 2, 1984) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 21st congressional district. As chair of the House Republican Conference since 2021, she is the fourth-ranking House Republican.
Since 2009, the salaries per annum of members of the United States Congress have been as follows: [6] Position. Salary. Speaker of the House of Representatives. $223,500. Majority leader and minority leader of the House of Representatives. $193,400. President pro tempore of the Senate. $193,400.
A record number of Republican women serve in the 118th Congress, although they’re still a small minority. Two years later, recruitment across genders has looked somewhat different with fewer ...
Eric Garcia speaks to the conservatives — including former members of Congress, an ex-Trump staffer and lifelong members of the GOP — who can’t bring themselves to back Trump and his ‘anti ...
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of September 23, 2024, the 118th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
Liz Cheney on the COVID-19 pandemic Recorded March 27, 2020. Elizabeth Lynne Cheney[ 1 ] (/ ˈtʃeɪni /; born July 28, 1966) [ 2 ] is an American attorney and politician. She represented Wyoming's at-large congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2017 to 2023, and served as chair of the House Republican Conference ...
In Congress, Boebert has associated herself with the conservative Republican Study Committee, the right-wing Freedom Caucus, of which she became the communications chair in January 2022, and the pro-gun Second Amendment Caucus. She won reelection in 2022 by a narrow margin of 546 votes against former Aspen City Council member Adam Frisch.