Clinton Joins Dems In Call For Women’s Rights ‘Movement’ To Win Elections

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http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/09/22/clinton-joins-dems-in-call-for-womens-rights-movement-to-win-elections/
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Clinton Joins Dems In Call For Women’s Rights ‘Movement’ To Win Elections
September 22, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) – Former Secretary of State and potential 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said that Congress is increasingly detached from the lives of most Americans, especially in regards to women’s rights and increasing minimum wage.

Speaking at a panel on women’s economic security matters at the Center for American Progress, Clinton said that Congress is operating in an “evidence-free zone” that is distant from the lives of real, everyday Americans, the Washington Post reports.

“The Congress, increasingly, despite the best efforts of my friends and others, is living in an evidence-free zone where what the reality is in the lives of Americans is so far from the minds of too many,” said Clinton.

Clinton joined several female Democrats for the discussion at the liberal think tank in Washington, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Rep. Rosa Delauro, D-Conn., and Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. and Patty Murray, D-Wash. Clinton said that women’s issues can directly impact the outcome of elections and called for a “movement” to fight for women....

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[Thinkingabout]

1. Hillary has fought for women's rights for a long time. She has fought for civil rights.

Women have been paid $.77 on the dollar.