| inbluevt | Date: Wednesday, 2013/07/24, 9:57 PM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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WASHINGTON — At a summer lunch with reporters in her Capitol conference room, Rep. Nancy
Pelosi rolled out an ambitious economic agenda for women with next year's congressional elections in mind. The California Democrat launched a legislative agenda of family-friendly policies, such as paycheck fairness for women, an increased federal minimum wage, and President Barack Obama's
proposed early childhood education initiative. The agenda, coming as the legislative season begins to make way for next year's campaigns, was designed to stand in contrast to bills being debated
under the GOP majority on the House floor. "It's all about letting women know there's an opportunity for something different," Pelosi said, over salads, sandwiches and sodas.
Pelosi, the only woman to have been House speaker, could regain that title again, if Democrats pick up the 17 seats needed to pry the House majority from the Republicans.
That prospect remains a heavy political challenge when newly drawn congressional
districts could give the GOP the advantage through the decade.
"It's possible, but certainly not an easy feat," according to an analysis from The Rothenberg Political Report.
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