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"This is a well-deserved honor for a remarkable woman who has led the struggle for freedom and democracy in her country". — Mitch McConnell, then-leader of Republican United States Senators and sponsor of effort to award the medal to Suu Kyi. [33] Constantino Brumidi: July 1, 2008: Pub. L. 110–259 (text) 122 Stat. 2430
Lynn Morley Martin became the first Republican woman elected to a House leadership position as vice chair of the House Republican Conference in 1985. Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman elected in both chambers of Congress; she first entered the House of Representatives in 1940, before her election into the Senate in 1948. [7]
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 20, 2025, the 119th 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.
The hidden figures of the space race were recognized with Congress’ highest honor at a medal ceremony on Wednesday. ... A medal was also given to all the women who worked as mathematicians ...
[35] [36] McMorris Rodgers is the 12th woman to give the response, [37] and the fifth female Republican, but only the third Republican to do so alone, after New Jersey governor Christine Todd Whitman in 1995 [38] and the Spanish response by Florida representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the most senior female Republican in the U.S. House of ...
The 118th United States Congress began on January 3, 2023. There were seven new senators (two Democrats, five Republicans) and 74 new representatives (34 Democrats, 40 Republicans), as well as one new delegate (a Republican), at the start of its first session. Additionally, five senators (four Democrats, one Republican) and nine representatives ...
Cammack ran for chair of the Republican Study Committee but later withdrew her bid for the position and endorsed Kevin Hern. [29] [30] She nominated Kevin McCarthy in the 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election. [31]
Women in Congress may refer to: Women in the United States House of Representatives; ... This page was last edited on 1 May 2023, at 04:07 (UTC).