To wit<\/a>: 61 women, 43 African Americans, 27 Hispanics, 10 Asian Americans, and 6 LGBT Americans.<\/p>\nIn January 2013, the Democratic caucus will most adequately represent the actual populace, in terms of demographics. This is a huge step for American equality and democracy. Traditionally, [Caucasian] males have vastly outnumbered both women and minorities in Congress and our policies on issues like reproductive rights, health care, and immigration often reflect that. Until very recently, women and minorities have not been well represented: women outnumber men overall and the minority population is increasing exponentially, set to outgrow their minority status in just a few short decades.<\/p>\n
For those keeping track, the U.S. Senate also added two women to their ranks and women will be holding all the top government positions in New Hampshire, making it a first for any U.S. state. All of this was made possible by new record turnouts at the polls, despite rightwing-driven voter suppression efforts. Now this is progress!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cThe Democratic Caucus will bring to the 113th Congress the first Caucus where the majority is women and minorities. Our new Caucus will celebrate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":20202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1176,29,1575,1651,1,877],"tags":[2514,1808,2526,603],"yoast_head":"\n
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