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Congress

  1. power
    Wendy Davis Is Running for CongressThe sneaker-wearing, filibustering abortion activist is challenging Chip Roy in Texas.
    By Bridget Read
  2. how i get it done
    How to Survive Being a Freshman in D.C.For 32-year-old Congresswoman Lauren Underwood, living with a roommate is key.
    By Anna Silman
  3. reading the signs
    Last Night, D.C. Got a New Power UniformFinally, a visual shorthand for women in politics.
    By Rhonda Garelick
  4. hot shot
    The Women of Congress Are Wearing White to Trump’s SOTU As an Act of SolidarityThey gave speeches on gender equality while dressed to honor the suffragettes.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  5. social media
    AOC Will Try to Teach Her Democratic Colleagues to Be Good at TwitterThis may be her hardest task yet.
    By Amanda Arnold
  6. power
    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Responds to Conservative Trolls With New Dancing Video“Wait till they find out Congresswomen dance too!”
    By Amanda Arnold
  7. a woman's place is in the house
    The History-Making Gown at the Congressional Swearing-InRashida Tlaib wore a traditional thobe to become the first Palestinian-American congresswoman.
    By Ella Cerón
  8. power
    Congress to Make Members Actually Pay for Their Own Harassment SettlementsThe settlements had previously been funded with taxpayer money.
    By Kimberly Truong
  9. sexual assault
    Kavanaugh and His Accuser Both Say They’re Willing to Testify Before Congress“She decided to take control of this and tell this in her own voice,” a lawyer for Christine Blasey Ford said.
    By Sarah Nechamkin
  10. florida
    This Congressional Candidate Is More Than Just Her Alien Abduction, Okay?“It has nothing to do with what I have done. It happened when I was 7 years old,” Bettina Rodriguez Aguilar said.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  13. a woman's place is in the house
    Michigan Likely Just Elected the First-Ever Muslim Woman to CongressThe progressive Palestinian-American Democrat had a day filled with “happy chaos.”
    By Sarah Nechamkin
  14. keeping up with kongress
    Kourtney Kardashian Went to D.C. to Advocate for Safer Beauty ProductsKourtney takes Kongress.
    By Ashley Weatherford
  15. politics
    Paul Ryan Stepping Down Is the Only Good Thing He’s Done for WomenMany are not sad to see him go.
    By Lisa Ryan
  16. obituaries
    Veteran New York Congresswoman Louise Slaughter Dead at 88She was a longtime advocate for women’s rights and co-authored the Violence Against Women Act.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  17. unsanitary politics
    Members of Congress Call Out ‘Unsanitary’ Practice of Sleeping at the CapitolPaul Ryan is known to do it.
    By Lisa Ryan
  18. sexual assault
    Evan Rachel Wood Details Her Harrowing Abuse in Speech to CongressWood is pushing to get Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights Acts in all 50 states.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  19. mass shootings
    Every Attempt to Change Gun Laws Under TrumpTrump and other GOP lawmakers have worked to loosen gun restrictions, and the few bipartisan efforts to address mass shootings have stalled.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  20. more sexual harassment
    Congressman Calls a Former Aide His ‘Soul Mate,’ But Denies Harassing HerRepresentative Patrick Meehan denies harassing a former aide who received a taxpayer-funded settlement.
    By Lisa Ryan
  21. women in politics
    2018’s Record Number of Women Candidates Are Set to Blow Up Politics As UsualWhat’s the fastest way to fix a broken system? Take it over.
    By Rebecca Traister
  22. more sexual harassment
    Congress Discloses 3 More Sexual-Harassment SettlementsThe amounts reportedly total $115,000.
    By Lisa Ryan
  25. sexual harassment
    Congress Fears Release of Bombshell Sexual-Misconduct Exposé That May Not ExistMeanwhile, more lawmakers are embracing calls to reform the current reporting system, which doesn’t satisfy victims or the accused.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  26. power
    Will All the Harassment Claims Against Senators Be Released?Senator Tim Kaine thinks they should be.
    By Leah Rodriguez
  27. sexual harassment
    This Congressman Is Retiring Amid Sexual-Harassment AllegationsThe Michigan Democrat announced his retirement on a Detroit radio program.
    By Lisa Ryan
  28. power
    House of Representatives Will Now Also Require Anti–Sexual Harassment TrainingMore baby steps.
    By Katie Van Syckle
  29. power
    The House Has Reportedly Paid Out $15 Million in Sexual-Harassment SettlementsRepresentative Jackie Speier revealed this has occurred over the past 10–15 years.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  30. sexual harassment
    Congressman Reportedly Exposed Himself to StafferRepresentative Jackie Speier shares horrific stories of sexual harassment on Capitol Hill.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  31. sexual harassment
    4 Female Lawmakers Say They’ve Been Harassed by Colleagues in Congress“It’s hostile and embarrasses, and therefore could take away a person’s power.”
    By Lisa Ryan
  32. Republican Congressman Referred to Female Colleagues as ‘Eye Candy’Or rather, Mark Walker said he would call them that “if it wasn’t sexist.”
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  33. politics
    Bask in the Glory of This Amazingly Terrible Campaign AdDan Helmer is here for two things: to run for Congress and to sing karaoke like he’s in Top Gun.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  34. Republican Congressmen Are Using Threatening Language Against Female Senators“Somebody needs to go over to that Senate and snatch a knot in their ass.”
    By Samantha Lee
  37. politics
    Planned Parenthood Won’t Be Defunded Under Congress’s New BudgetIt’s seen as a win for Democrats.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  38. politics
    Democratic Women in Congress Wear White to President Donald Trump’s AddressThe color choice is a nod to the women’s suffrage movement.
    By Theresa Avila
  39. early and awkward
    Gabby Giffords Tells Lawmakers Who Won’t Hold Town Halls to ‘Have Some Courage’Representative Louie Gohmert cited Giffords’s shooting when explaining why he won’t meet constituents for a public forum.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  40. political football
    Of Course the Zika Funding Bill Excludes Birth Control and Planned ParenthoodCongress, tossing women’s health around like a football since forever.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  41. vapists
    It’s Like This Hot Congressman Doesn’t Even Know How Embarrassing Vaping IsSomebody should tell him.
    By Jessica Roy
  42. the body politic
    Guess What? Americans Love Planned ParenthoodMore than they love either political party or any presidential candidate.
    By Rebecca Traister
  43. abortion
    Congress Had a Hearing About Planned Parenthood But Didn’t Invite ThemHm, something odd about that.
    By Dayna Evans
  44. shmashmortion
    Republicans Investigating Planned ParenthoodHouse Republicans announced a Congressional investigation into Planned Parenthood.
    By Jessica Roy
  45. letter writing campaigns
    Meryl Streep Reminds Congress We Need an ERAShe sent a letter to every member of Congress asking them to revive it.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  46. elections
    Why the Midterms Were Bad News for WomenEven though some high-profile female candidates got elected.
    By Ann Friedman
  49. male gaze
    Male Gaze: Clay Aiken, Hopeful Congressman He has a new image, that’s for sure.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  50. politics
    On Capitol Hill, the Mom Caucus Is GrowingTo achieve gender parity in senior legislative offices, political moms can’t wait for an empty nest to go to Washington.
    By Kat Stoeffel
  51. recruitment
    GOP Asks Women to Relinquish Household and Run for CongressDoesn’t its labor and family planning stances make it way easy?
    By Kat Stoeffel
  52. inappropriate style icons
    An Ode to Michele Bachmann’s Flashy Political StyleCongress’s French manicure enthusiast won’t seek reelection.
    By Maureen O'Connor
  53. Why Female Politicians Aren’t Always Pro-WomenThatcher, Palin, and whether parity in politics will create equality of the sexes.
    By Ann Friedman
  54. New York Congresswoman Leads Historic Boys’ ClubYou go, Nita Lowey.
    By Kat Stoeffel