When emilys list first started there were only two women in the u. S. Senate. Now there are 26 of us. You allowed so many more women to hold elected office and that made our nation better. They have the power to make a difference. I want to say thank you to Ellen Malcolm for getting this Party Started and im so appreciative ofyour vision. Thank you for starting an organization that brings women together and making this a better place. To stephanie, i am so grateful for your amazing leadership. You have the ability to see what is possible. Thank you for your courage. We will make sure more women are at the table then ever before. Especially more women of color arerunning for office than when it. Id like to see women like me become elected officials in the us in every corner of this country you helped elect new democratic prochoice women to the congress of the United States. So much has been accomplished in these 35years and so much more needs to be done. In 35 years i want to see women
I was Getting Started myself. Was the year around my First Campaign and i won. Now, there are 26 women in the United States senate. Youve allowed so many more n electedrun, wi office. Woman rr champions. They have the power to make a difference. I want to say thank you for getting this started. I am so appreciative of your vision. Thank you for starting an organization that brings women together. For making this country a better place. Stephanie, i am so grateful for your amazing leadership. You always have the ability to see what is possible. Thank you for your courage. We will make sure more women are at the table than ever before. Especially more women then color women of color are running for office and winning. When i see women who look like me become elected officials all over the United States of america in every corner of this country, you helped elect new, democratic, prochoice women to the United States congress. So much has been accomplished in these 35 years and so much mor
Against President Trump. We will also hear from members of congress who serve on the House Judiciary Committee. Washington journal is next. Is next. Host for only the third time in our countrys history, the u. S. House of representatives is slated to vote on articles of impeachment. President trump faces abuse of congress. 216 housesi needs members to vote yes to then send the impeachment articles to the senate for a trial. Our coverage begins this morning with all of you letting lawmakers know how you think they should vote today and why and the house gavels in at 9 00 a. M. Eastern time. We will bring you gaveltogavel unfiltered and uninterrupted coverage of the house debate and vote. Cspan, onch here on our website, cspan. Org, or download the app. Republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. ,oin us on twitter at cspanwj facebook. Com cspan, or text us at 2027488003. We will get to your calls in a minute. More on the rules of the road today in the house
Special elections on september 10 so coming up soon. We expect one of the most in republican hands that we expect the other would be very competitive, the ninth district. The penny onn the result of that special, republicans could either need to pick up 19 or 20 seats to retake the majority in 2020. Host when it comes to the house map, we saw the house flip in 2018. Whats the likelihood or how oftenha has that happened in history, that house has slipped in one election and then looked fall of election . Guest theio last time was 1952 and 1954. The House Majority hasnt flipped twice in in a row since then. It hasnt flipped in a president ial cycle since 1952. There are some historical precedence that are working in democrats favor. In five of the past six president ial election cycles democrats have picked up house seats. S. In seven of the past eight president ial election cycles than net shift in how states has been in the Single Digits. Even my republicans need 19 or 20 to take the m
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