Word: caucus
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Members of the National Women's Political Caucus spoke at a panel discussion in Agassiz Theater before presenting the group's archives, which include transcripts of its meetings and newspaper articles about its activities...
Speaking to an audience of more than 120 spectators, Caucus founder Bella Abzug said she started the group because there were too few women involved in politics. "We wanted to open political channels and structures to women and minorities," she said...
Jane Wells, former chair of the Texas Women's Political Caucus, said that the organization was a product of the increase in interest in both women's rights and politics that took place in the early...
Steve Tierney, co-chair of the Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus, admits that there has been a backlash to Duffy's status as an openly gay Republican. In fact, he says, some of the people trying to block Duffy's appointment were...
...week's federal action was prompted largely by the concerns of national civil rights leaders. Attorney General Thornburgh's decision to review claims of police brutality came after a meeting with Democratic Congressmen John Conyers Jr. of Michigan and Edolphus Towns of New York, members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Said Benjamin Hooks, head of the N.A.A.C.P. : "Police brutality is one of the recurring, persistent questions that has never died down because it exists all over the nation...