Swearing In the 113th Congress
61 women in the House Democratic Caucus
On Thursday, January 3, 2013, new and returning members were sworn in to the 113th Congress of the United States, including 81 women in the House of Representatives and 20 women in the Senate. Ten of these women were endorsed by WAND: Tammy Baldwin (WI-Sen)*, Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)*, Julia Brownley (CA-26), Elizabeth Esty (CT-05), Lois Frankel (FL-22)*, Cheri Bustos (IL-17), Tammy Duckworth (IL-08), Ann Kuster (NH-02), Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01), and Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01). Thirty-nine of the women previously endorsed by WAND will also return to Congress next year.
WAND is excited to celebrate another “year of the woman” as a historic number of women take their seats at the table of power. We still have a long way to go before political parity is reached but we know that these new and returning women will be great champions for women and WAND’s issues. We can’t wait to get to work with them!
You can read more about the newly elected women, especially New Hampshire’s all-woman delegation, in this great New York Times article! http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/02/us/politics/from-congress-to-halls-of-state-in-new-hampshire-women-rule.html
Many of the new members of Congress held open houses and receptions to welcome the public into their new offices and introduce themselves to Washington, D.C. WAND/WiLL staff members attended many of these events hosted by new WAND/WiLL Women in Congress:
Rep. Cheri Bustos (IL-17)
Rep. Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02)
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01)
Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)
Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA)
WAND Executive Director Susan Shaer and Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02)
WAND/WiLL Program Manager Maureen Campbell and Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-02)
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