Rep. Tammy Duckworth gives birth to daughter

[MerryBlooms]

Rep. Tammy Duckworth, who won a second term in the U.S. House two weeks ago, gave birth Tuesday to a daughter: Abigail O'kalani Bowlsbey.

The child's arrival, announced by the lawmaker's office Thursday, came a few weeks before her due date.

"My husband Bryan and I are thrilled to announce that we are the proud parents of a baby girl," Duckworth said in a statement. "Abigail O'kalani Bowlsbey was born on Nov. 18. Bryan and I were deeply honored that Senator Akaka acted as Hawaiian elder and selected her middle name."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-tammy-duckworth-baby-met-20141120-story.html

Congratulations!!

[longship]

1. R&K for any Duckworth thread. This one especially! nt

[KamaAina]

2. Can she vote now, please?

And "Okalani" (not sure where the ' came from) means "of the heavens".

[MerryBlooms]

7. Wasn't that vote for

Minority leader? If so, Pelosi won.

[tammywammy]

8. No one ran against Pelosi for minority leader. n/t

[MerryBlooms]

14. Yes, I realize that, but wasn't the issue about proxy vote for leader? n/t

[tammywammy]

15. Leadership. Not just Pelosi. n/t

[KamaAina]

17. And, in fact, Pelosi's friend Anna Eshoo was running for a leadership position

against Frank Pallone of NJ. And Tammy supported Pallone. So basically, Pelosi was practicing repuke-style vote suppression. (Pallone won, anyway.)

[tammywammy]

18. I disagree.

If those are the rules and there have never been exceptions then it's fair that she didn't get an exception.

In fact Duckworth wasn't upset, she probably knew it was a long shot when she asked.

[panader0]

3. Very cool news

What a fine lady she is.

[MerryBlooms]

5. So happy for them!

[greatlaurel]

4. Congratuations to Rep. Duckworth, her husband and their new daughter!

Wishing them all peace, health and happiness.

[MerryBlooms]

6. .

[City Lights]

9. Congrats to all!

[MerryBlooms]

11. !

I hope they share some pics soon- I love baby pictures!

[Odin2005]

10. !!!

[MerryBlooms]

12. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sweet post, Odin.

[Odin2005]

13. That's a lot of exclaimation points!

[Hekate]

16. Congratulations to Rep. Duckworth on her "heavenly" keiki wahine!

what a happy day for the new mom and dad

[rudolph the red]

19. That's awesome,

Congrats to her and her family!