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Mikulski set to make history
When Maryland's Barbara Mikulski was first sworn in as a U.S. senator in 1987, she entered what she described as "a guys' club," a chamber where senators socialized in a gym off-limits to her and the only other female senator then, Republican Nancy...Tags: Politics, U.S. Senate, Benjamin L. Cardin, Elections, History
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10 things you might not know about Republicans
When our forefathers threw off their Whigs and became Republicans, they could hardly have imagined that one of their party's biggest stars would call herself a "Mama Grizzly." These are heady days for the GOP, which recaptured the U.S. House this month....Tags: U.S. Senate, Bill Clinton, Abraham Lincoln, African Americans, The New York Times
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Who persuaded Congress to proclaim a national teacher day in 1953? a) Bess Truman b) Eleanor Roosevelt c) Senator Margaret Chase Smith
WGN NewsANSWER: b) Eleanor RooseveltTags: WGN, Eleanor Roosevelt
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Widows of Bono, Capps Are on Well-Worn Path to Office
Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON -- The day after Beverly Byron's congressman husband dropped dead at age 48 while training for the Marine Corps marathon, the governor of Maryland sat in the widow's living room, urging her to take his seat. "My two boys said, 'She'll run.'...Tags: Politics, Marathon, Sonny Bono, Primaries, Chicago Bulls
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