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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY & FAIR REPRESENTATION :: SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- Article by Sanders, HillarysVillage (now in HillarysWorld)  7-30-09

Current statistics.
Women comprise 51% of the US Population.




There are only 17 women in the US Senate. i.e., 17%



Left to right:
Top row: Murkowski, Lincoln, McCaskill, Stabenow, Cantwell, Gillibrand, Hutchison, Mikulski, Murray, Landrieu, Boxer, Snowe
Bottom row: Hagan, Feinstein, Shaheen, Collins, Klobuchar


Women in the United States House of Representatives
There are 450 Representatives in the US House of Reps.

There are only 75 women (= 16.666%) in the US House of Reps.

GENDER DIVERSITY IS NOT YET ACHIEVED AND IT IS THE UNSPOKEN UNPLEASANT TRUTH IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.

Demographics
The 111th Congress includes the most religiously-diverse House in history, including two Muslims, two Buddhists, 31 Jews, one Quaker, and one atheist.

42 African Americans (including two non-voting delegates)
27 Hispanics
5 Asian Americans
1 Native American
3 openly gay members

75 female representatives:

• Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY 1987-present), first woman chairperson of the House Rules Committee
• Nancy Pelosi (D-CA 1987-present), currently Speaker of the House, the first female Speaker and Major Party Leader
• Nita M. Lowey (D-NY 1989-present)
• Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL 1989–present)
• Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT 1991-present)
• Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC * 1991-present)
• Maxine Waters (D-CA 1991-present)
• Corinne Brown (D-FL 1993-present)
• Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA 1993-present)
• Jane Harman (D-CA 1993–1999 and 2001–present)
• Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX 1993-present)
• Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY 1993-present)
• Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA 1993-present)
• Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY 1993–present)
• Lynn Woolsey (D-CA 1993–present)
• Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX 1995–present)
• Zoe Lofgren (D-CA 1995–present)
• Sue Myrick (R-NC 1995–present)
• Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO 1996–present)
• Donna M.C. Christensen (D-VI * 1997–present)
• Diana DeGette (D-CO 1997–present)
• Kay Granger (R-TX 1997–present)
• Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI 1997–present)
• Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY 1997–present)
• Loretta Sanchez (D-CA 1997–present)
• Mary Bono (R-CA 1998 -present, w)
• Lois Capps (D-CA 1998 -present, w)
• Barbara Lee (D-CA 1998 -present)
• Tammy Baldwin (D-WI 1999–present)
• Shelley Berkley (D-NV 1999–present)
• Judith Borg Biggert (R-IL 1999–present)
• Grace Napolitano (D-CA 1999–present)
• Janice Schakowsky (D-IL 1999–present)
• Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV 2001–present)
• Susan A. Davis (D-CA 2001–present)
• Betty McCollum (D-MN 2001–present)
• Diane Watson (D-CA 2001-present)
• Marsha Blackburn (R-TN 2003-present)
• Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU * 2003-present)
• Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL 2003-present)
• Candice Miller (R-MI 2003–present)
• Linda Sanchez (D-CA 2003–present)
• Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD 2004–present)
• Melissa Bean (D-IL 2005–present)
• Virginia Foxx (R-NC 2005–present)
• Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA 2005–present)
• Gwen Moore (D-WI 2005–present)
• Allyson Schwartz (D-PA 2005–present)
• Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL 2005–present)
• Doris Matsui (D-CA 2005–present, w)
• Jean Schmidt (R-OH 2005–present)
• Michele Bachmann (R-MN 2007–present)
• Kathy Castor (D-FL 2007–present)
• Yvette Clarke (D-NY 2007–present)
• Mary Fallin (R-OK 2007–present)
• Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ 2007–present)
• Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY 2007–2009), appointed to the Senate to fill Hillary Clinton's vacated seat
• Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI 2007–present)
• Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH 2007–present)
• Betty Sutton (D-OH 2007-present)
• Laura Richardson (D-CA 2007-present)
• Niki Tsongas (D-MA 2007-present)
• Jackie Speier (D-CA 2008 -present)
• Donna Edwards (D-MD 2008 -present)
• Marcia Fudge (D-OH 2008 -present)
• Kathy Dahlkemper (D-PA 2009-present)
• Debbie Halvorson (D-IL 2009-present)
• Mary Jo Kilroy (D-OH 2009-present)
• Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ 2009-present)
• Suzanne Kosmas (D-FL 2009-present)
• Lynn Jenkins (R-KS 2009-present)
• Cynthia Lummis (R-WY 2009-present)
• Betsy Markey (D-CO 2009-present)
• Chellie Pingree (D-ME 2009-present)
• Dina Titus (D-NV 2009-present)
• Judy Chu (D-CA 2009-present)

IT IS HIGH TIME FOR MORE REPRESENTATIVES FOR WOMEN.

Please suggest new candidates in your areas. If needed, form new parties and support female candidates all you can in your neighborhoods.


Aim for the Stars and you will Reach the Moon.



-- Edited by Sanders on Thursday 30th of July 2009 05:32:02 AM