Written by: Mattie Kahn, Elle
Women lawmakers plan to wear black to the annual State of the Union address later this month, an echo of attendees at last weekend's Golden Globes, who also wore black dresses and tuxes, and in support of women nationwide, who've spoken out against sexual harassment and assault across multiple industries over the past several months.
After NBC reported… Read more »
Written by: Alex Gangitano, Roll Call
Women in Congress fighting to bring attention to sexual harassment got a boost from women in Hollywood at the Golden Globes on Sunday.
“I just texted my girlfriends in Congress, ‘I’m for Oprah!’” Rep. Lois Frankel of Florida, chairwoman of the Democratic Women’s Working Group, said Monday.
When Oprah Winfrey accepted the… Read more »
Written By: Skyler Swisher, Sun Sentinel
Palm Beach County law enforcement agencies will be getting just over $3.4 million in federal funds to offset the costs of protecting President Donald Trump when he visits Mar-a-Lago.
Almost all of those dollars will go to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, which has taken the lead assisting the Secret Service in guarding Trump’s… Read more »
Written by: Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel
U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Lois Frankel filed legislation Thursday to require sexual harassment cases involving their colleagues and staffers to automatically go to a congressional ethics committee.
They said in a statement they want to “help lift the shroud of secrecy cloaking settlements, and to ensure a more accountable culture in… Read more »
Written by: Carl Hulse, The New York Times
WASHINGTON — Representative Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats have been leery of any mention of the I-word. Clamoring for the impeachment of President Trump, they fear, could backfire and alienate independent voters and unhappy Republicans they hope to attract in next year’s midterms. But demanding congressional hearings into… Read more »
Written by: MJ Lee, CNN
A group of Democratic congresswomen is calling Monday on the House Oversight Committee to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against Donald Trump, adding to a growing drumbeat of voices drawing fresh attention to accusations leveled against the President by numerous women.
In a letter to the panel's chairman, GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy, and the committee's… Read more »
Written by: Wayne Washington, Palm Beach Post
Led by U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, D-West Palm Beach, five dozen Democratic congresswomen are calling for an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by President Donald Trump.
The total number of Democrats backing such an investigation has now reached 139 men and women and is climbing, Frankel told The Palm Beach Post… Read more »
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Lois Jane Frankel, member, U.S. House of Representatives
Last week: As if the GOP tax scam wasn’t bad enough, the Congressional Budget Office announced that as written, it could trigger an automatic $25 billion cut to Medicare next year alone. This is unacceptable! Seniors who have worked hard their entire lives deserve to retire with dignity, not fear for the… Read more »
Written by: Tony Doris, Palm Beach Post
With the Trump Plaza condo towers as a backdrop, not to mention a handful of Trump supporters with a megaphone, U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel and a couple dozen supporters took to the West Palm Beach waterfront Friday to protest what she called a “Robin Hood in reverse” GOP tax proposal.
The former West Palm Beach mayor, on recess until after… Read more »
Written by: Lauren Holter, Bustle Magazine
On Wednesday, two groups sued the Trump administration over its rollback of a wage gap rule that was aimed at establishing more transparency around what men and women are paid. In September, President Trump's White House blocked the Obama-era rule that required large companies to report what they pay workers. By some estimates, if progress… Read more »
