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Jun 26, 2024 · Butler, Gillibrand Announce Legislation to Address Racial Disparities in Health Care Access. Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Laphonza Butler (D-CA) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced the introduction of their Health Equity Innovation Act, legislation to fight. June 21, 2024. View More News.
Laphonza Romanique Butler ( / ləˈfɔːnzə / lə-FON-zə; born May 11, 1979) is an American labor union official and politician serving as the junior United States senator from California since 2023.
At just 30 years old Senator Butler was elected President of California’s largest homecare and nursing home workers union SEIU local 2015. She helped to orchestrate raising California’s minimum wage to $15 an hour and secure paid sick days for the state’s home care workers.
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler (D-CA) joined Senators Reverend Warnock (D-GA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), in introducing resolutions in both chambers of Congress marking Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. The resolutions acknowledge the disparity in wages paid to Black women across America. The resolution was introduced on July 9 ...
Oct 2, 2023 · Laphonza Butler, president of Emily’s List and a former labor leader, is Gov. Gavin Newsom of California’s choice to fill the Senate seat of Dianne Feinstein, who died at 90 on Thursday in...
Oct 3, 2023 · Laphonza Butler was sworn in as the newest member of the Senate on Tuesday, replacing California Sen. Dianne Feinstein after her death.
Oct 2, 2023 · WASHINGTON — Laphonza Butler was a young organizer learning her way around California politics when she met Kamala Harris, then district attorney of San Francisco. Butler, who was...
Oct 1, 2023 · California Gov. Gavin Newsom will appoint Laphonza Butler, the president of EMILY’s List, to fill the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat, his office confirmed Sunday evening....
Oct 3, 2023 · Laphonza Butler is California’s newest senator, following a historic swearing-in ceremony with Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday afternoon in the U.S. Capitol.
Oct 3, 2023 · Democratic Sen. Laphonza Butler made history Tuesday when she was sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris as the first out Black lesbian to enter Congress and the only Black woman presently...
