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Hace 5 días · Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California appointed Laphonza Butler to the U.S. Senate seat until November, following the death of Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein in September last year. The winner of a special election in November will fill the remaining two months of Feinstein’s term.
Hace 1 día · A patchwork of restrictive state abortion laws across the country that emerged after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its June 24, 2022, ruling reversing Roe vs. Wade have created a segregated ...
Hace 5 días · She helped elect nearly 500 defenders of abortion rights – 40% of whom are women of color – to local, state, gubernatorial, and federal office last year. She is the first openly LGBTQ Black woman to serve in the U.S. Senate, and only the third Black woman to serve.
Hace 16 horas · The 100-member Senate itself trails the U.S. in diversity, counting just four Black members -- Democrats Cory Booker of New Jersey, Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Laphonza Butler of California and ...
Hace 1 día · Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler (D-CA) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) , Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging the Department to issue a policy directive ensuring that vulnerable children seeking protection through the Central American Minors program […]
Hace 1 día · CHICAGO – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler (D-CA) today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging the Department to issue a policy directive ensuring that vulnerable children seeking protection through the Central American Minors program (CAM) have ...
Hace 1 día · California senator Laphonza Butler says Arizona’s abortion laws directly impact her state, claiming women in states with restricted access, like Arizona’s 15-week ban, are coming in big ...
