Tag: year of the woman

A record-breaking number of women are running for office in 2018 and now some are predicting a second “Year of the Woman” – a 1992 election cycle that brought a wave of women into Congress. In an unusual TV interview,…

She did not tell her judiciary committee colleagues about the matter until The Intercept reported details of the incident last week. Feinstein declined to be interviewed by CNN about her decision-making process Monday. Feinstein reflected on the lessons she'd learned as a woman in politics in a book entitled "Nine and Counting: The Women of the Senate," which was published in 2001. On the campaign trail, Feinstein's handling of the incident created another opening for De León, who has repeatedly argued that California needs a fresh voice in the US Senate — someone who will embrace the more confrontational style of Democratic activists in the age of Trump. In contrast with the forceful and sometimes disruptive performance of Feinstein's Democratic Senate colleagues like Kamala Harris and Cory Booker during the judiciary committee hearings on Kavanaugh's nomination, De León charged that Feinstein "politely pantomimed her way" through the hearing "without a single question about the content of Kavanaugh's character." "She is very thoughtful, very measured, and very thorough," Boxer said in an interview with CNN Monday. "In this moment, victims need to be able to control when and whether their stories become public," Katz said on CNN Monday. "She went to her senator because she had information that she thought was very important that had bearing on the fitness and character of this nominee." "This was entirely this woman's decision. I think that's how victims of trauma and sexual violence must be treated."

2018 is shaping up to be the year of elected women with 450 filing to run for elected office. Is this a lasting change or just a response to President Trump? Chris Jansing breaks it down. Weighing in: NBC News…