women in the house of representatives?
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There are currently 70 women in the U.S. House and 14 in the U.S. Senate.
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try this for a change\n\nhttp://www.makerere.ac.ug/womenstudies/congress/abstarct/Gender,%20the%20Economy%20and%20the%20Workplace.htm
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Speaker of the HOuse.
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I say a women WILL BE PRESIDENT soon.\nI've got a feeling that the US as a whole is ready for a change and one that is more dramatic then just switching parties. DEM or REP but rather Men to Women.\n\nBy the way I love women (my wife is one) \nGO WOMEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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she'll get my vote! It would be great to see a woman president!
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I think so. I bet there will be a female president before there is a minority president.
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Last I heard on this last week on PBS's Washington Week was single women are going to make the difference this time with most of them voting democrat.\n\nI'm one of them. :)
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They are selected by the party leadership based on seniority and by power brokering.   That is why you will find Republican chairmen when they are in power, and vice versa.  \n\nAll of the committee leaderships will change in the House now that Pelosi is speaker.
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I definitely would. There needs to be a women president!!!!!
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Yes, reservations like in jobs and education may also come for legislatures. But the policy makers are unable to clear the women reservations bill since a long time due to lack of consensus between various political parties. If this is the case, there are various castes and religions in India, so we cannot expect reservations for MPs and MLAs in the near future.
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The state of washington has 9 total representatives in the House; 3 republicans 6 democrats.
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Actually, Murtha is planning to run for majority leader, not speaker. There is a difference.\n\nI'd love to know what aspects of appearance and demeanor you mean. The fact that she is outspoken and opinionated? Or the fact that she is a woman? \n\nAnyway, why are you so worried about Pelosi as speaker? What on earth does the speaker do? What has Denny Hastert done over the past six years?
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That I am not sure of, but it would be something great for the women of this Country to finally be recognized for what we do for this country. This is something that you can write to your Local and State Congressman about. Enough letters will get this noticed and will get passed on to the president.
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I agree we need to get some ladies with good agenda into politics and let them have a chance to fix what the male politicos have been unable to.\n\nGood Luck and God Bless!!
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There's still no female US president. Women couldn't vote until the ratification of the 19th amendment in 1920, so that'll slow you up some. Women are highly underrepresented in Congress--currently around 14%. Why is a pretty tough question. Pervasive sexism is a problem--women who exhibit the qualities that we look for in male candidates (leadership, strength, ambition, etc.) are looked at negatively (arrogant, bitchy, etc.).
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You can thank the intergration of females into army ranks for the reduction of readiness amongst recruits.\nHave you noticed, the Marine Corps refused to allow women to tarnish its training regimen.  Women in the Corps, are trained seperately, and that's the way it will stay.  So Pelosi, Boxer, and Clinton can whine all they want, this one they will not change.
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Write your Congressman/woman and get some help!