Roll Call: DOMA Defense Spending Dominates House Hearing

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By Emily Cahn, Roll Call Staff, March 19, 2013, 3:37 p.m.It didn’t take long for a hearing on legislative branch funding to get tense Tuesday morning, with House Democrats blasting Republican leadership for authorizing $3 million in taxpayer dollars to defend outside legal challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act while at the same time calling for sweeping cuts to members’…

The Hill: Paving the way for a new generation of women

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By Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) and Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.)This March, as we celebrate Women’s History Month, we recognize all of the women who have come before us to make this world a better place. We take time to reflect on the movement toward equality and look forward with hope toward the progress still to come.Some rights, like a woman’s right to vote, came…

President Obama to Israelis: You Are Not Alone

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Earlier today, President Barack Obama gave a speech to the Israeli people at the Jerusalem Convention Center. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), who is traveling with the President in Israel, released the following statement: