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5 days ago · Senator Laphonza Butler. 22h. Earlier this year, my colleagues and I wrote to @SecMayorkas urging the Biden Administration to redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians. For Haitians present in the U.S., a return to their home country would be extremely dangerous.
Laphonza Romanique Butler (/ l ə ˈ f ɔː n z ə / 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. Butler began her career as a union organizer, and served as president of California SEIU State Council from 2013 to 2018.
Oct 2, 2023 · Laphonza Butler, appointed to fill Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat, would be California’s first openly LGBTQ U.S. Senator and the first Black lesbian to openly serve Congress.
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.
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 · Former union leader and Democratic insider Laphonza Butler has been sworn in as the newest member of the U.S. Senate, replacing California Sen. Dianne Feinstein after her death and becoming only the third Black female senator in history.
Sep 16, 2021 · Laphonza Butler, a longtime union leader and Democratic strategist, is the group's next president, the first Black woman and first mother to hold that role since...
Sep 13, 2021 · Laphonza Butler, the political organization's third president, will be the first Black woman and first mother to lead the group. She is a former senior adviser to...
Nov 5, 2021 · Laphonza Butler, a longtime labor organizer and California political strategist, is the first women of color to lead the women’s political organization EMILY’s List.
Sep 13, 2021 · Emily’s List, the fund-raising powerhouse that has helped elect hundreds of women who support abortion rights, has chosen Laphonza Butler, a former union leader and well-connected Democratic...
