Citizen G'kar: Musings on Earth

January 05, 2007

A Historic Day for Women in the US

Democrats Take Control on Hill - washingtonpost.com
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Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was elected America's first female speaker of the House yesterday in a raucous, bipartisan celebration of a historic breakthrough, and hours later she presided over passage of the broadest ethics and lobbying revision since the Watergate era.


[..]"This is an historic moment, for Congress, and for the women of this country. It is a moment for which we have waited more than 200 years," Pelosi proclaimed, to a roaring ovation in the packed House chamber. "For our daughters and granddaughters, today we have broken the marble ceiling. To our daughters and our granddaughters, the sky is the limit."

I certainly hope she can get beyond the gaff of nominating Murtha for Majority Leader with his history of corruption allegations.

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