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1 day ago · May 29, 2024. Key takeaways: One in every four women will have an abortion in their lifetime. The vast majority of abortions (about 95%) are the result of unintended pregnancies. Most abortion ...
5 days ago · May 22, 2024, 5:02 AM ET (NBC) Senators seek antitrust probe of Formula 1 over Andretti Global. Amy Klobuchar (born May 25, 1960, Plymouth, Minnesota, U.S.) is an American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2006 and began representing Minnesota the following year. She was the first woman to be elected to serve the ...
2 days ago · The United States Senate and the lower chamber of Congress, the United States House of Representatives, comprise the federal bicameral legislature of the United States. Together, the Senate and the House maintain authority under Article One of the U.S. Constitution to pass or defeat federal legislation. The Senate has exclusive power to confirm ...
5 days ago · Simple as that. Each vote carries the same weight. Yet for much of the country’s history, that hasn’t been the case. At various points, whole classes of people were shut out of voting: enslaved Black Americans, Native Americans and poor White people. The first time women had the right to vote was in 1919.
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5 days ago · Among the many honours Smith received were several citations as woman of the year, the Newsweek magazine press poll rating as Most Valuable Senator for 1960, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1989.
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2 days ago · The 2000 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 7, 2000, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 107th United States Congress. They coincided with the election of George W. Bush as President of the United States. The Republican Party won 221 seats, while the Democratic Party won 212 and independents won two.
1 day ago · The 1980 United States presidential election was the 49th quadrennial presidential election, held on November 4, 1980. The Republican nominee, former California governor Ronald Reagan, defeated incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter in a landslide victory . Carter's unpopularity and poor relations with Democratic leaders encouraged an ...
