Lame-Duck Congress Has Women's Work to Do
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When Republican John Boehner becomes Speaker of the House next year, nobody expects him to make women's rights--or parental rights--a priority.
He, after all, is no Nancy Pelosi, who wore purple--the color of the suffrage movement--to her swearing-in in 2007. This is a staunch social conservative whose sharp, tailored suits and slicked-back hair has led some call him Capitol Hill's "Don Draper," a character on the retro TV drama "Mad Men."
AMC's hit show is set in the 1960s ad world where the action revolves around the guys because that was the social script back then. The show is giving young people an eye-opening look at the demeaning treatment of women that was a cultural norm not so long ago.
Congress needs to act now--starting today at the beginning of the congressional "lame duck" session--to halt any erosion of recent gains and finish work on pending legislation that would improve the lives of women and mothers.
If this work isn't completed before the 111th Congress adjourns for the year, who knows how long it will be before a Speaker who so strongly supports women's and mothers' rights picks up the House gavel again.
Find out what needs to be changed to make women's lives better at Women's eNews http://www.womensenews.org/story/momagenda/101112/lame-duck-congress-has-womens-...
He, after all, is no Nancy Pelosi, who wore purple--the color of the suffrage movement--to her swearing-in in 2007. This is a staunch social conservative whose sharp, tailored suits and slicked-back hair has led some call him Capitol Hill's "Don Draper," a character on the retro TV drama "Mad Men."
AMC's hit show is set in the 1960s ad world where the action revolves around the guys because that was the social script back then. The show is giving young people an eye-opening look at the demeaning treatment of women that was a cultural norm not so long ago.
Congress needs to act now--starting today at the beginning of the congressional "lame duck" session--to halt any erosion of recent gains and finish work on pending legislation that would improve the lives of women and mothers.
If this work isn't completed before the 111th Congress adjourns for the year, who knows how long it will be before a Speaker who so strongly supports women's and mothers' rights picks up the House gavel again.
Find out what needs to be changed to make women's lives better at Women's eNews http://www.womensenews.org/story/momagenda/101112/lame-duck-congress-has-womens-...
