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– Total residence. However, Pelosi has at all times been the only woman on top at Congress.
The following term, Pelosi is going to be linked with Rep. Katherine Clark,” the Massachusetts congresswoman. Democrats picked Clark into the Use of helper speaker at a hurry from Rhode Island Rep. David Cicilline.
The job doesn’t decide who’s next in line to the speakership, however, Clark’s ascension into the No. 4 spot in the House of Representatives is noteworthy nonetheless. Clark is the second girl, following Pelosi, to {} in House direction and is going to be the 2nd most influential woman in Congress. She’ll play an essential part in establishing the House Democrats’ schedule –through a yearlong stretch which may be Pelosi’s {} the speakership (at 2018,” Pelosi claimed progressives she’d only find two {} in the very best job).
In a meeting using Fortune, Clark represented on attaining gender parity at House leadership and establishing goals to the Democrats this semester. “We represent 51 percent of our people. It’s past time that we give up the concept that ‘one girl is sufficient,’” she explained of linking Pelosi in the very top.
Clark, who had been elected to Congress at a 2013 special election,” has long been a fervent advocate for available childcare and states that encouraging both child workers and parents who demand care for their children are going to be among their greatest priorities come January.
Read the remainder of her meeting here.
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