Entrepreneur: Sen. Tammy Duckworth Is a Model for How You Can Make Change In...
Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth has regularly made history throughout her political career. The Iraq War veteran was the first Asian-American woman elected to Congress in Illinois, the first disabled...
View ArticleCNN: I’m a legislator and a mom. Tammy Duckworth is my hero
On Thursday, Senator Tammy Duckworth and her newborn daughter Maile made history for working parents everywhere when they entered the Senate floor together for mom to cast a vote. As a legislator who...
View ArticleNYT Op-Ed: Tammy Duckworth and Working Moms Like Mine
For the first time in its 230 year history, the United States Senate has allowed a baby onto its floor during a vote. After their colleague, Senator Tammy Duckworth, Democrat of Illinois, became the...
View ArticleCNN: Duckworth comes back to Senate with her baby on Take Our Daughters and...
Illinois Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth returned to the Senate floor with her newborn baby Thursday to cast a vote — most notably on a day that coincides with Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day....
View ArticleThe Hill: Duckworth hits back at Trump over Paralympics remark: It’s not...
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) on Sunday responded to President Trump saying he had a tough time watching the Paralympics this year. “It’s not ‘tough to watch’ incredible @Paralympics athletes compete...
View ArticlePolitico: The Baby Boom in Congress
The typical member of Congress is a man about 60 years old – often with a tuft of salt-and-pepper hair, or maybe none at all. He’s decades past having babies at home: Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma mused...
View ArticleSen. Duckworth: Ending Iran deal reckless, GOP lawmakers applaud move
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois is calling President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iranian nuclear deal as reckless, but two Central Illinois Republican lawmakers are praising the...
View ArticleSen. Duckworth, 28 Dems call for Wisconsin’s Nicholson to apologize for...
emocratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, of Illinois, joined with 28 other veterans Wednesday in calling for Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson to apologize for questioning the...
View ArticleLegislation would make attack aboard train federal crime
U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and John Hoeven of North Dakota marked the anniversary of the shooting of an Amtrak conductor in suburban Chicago with the introduction of legislation that would...
View ArticleDuckworth on NFL anthem policy: I fought to defend right to take a knee in...
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) on Friday expressed support for NFL players kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial inequality, saying she served in the military to “defend people’s right...
View ArticleSen. Tammy Duckworth expresses support for protesters in wake of new NFL...
Sen. Tammy Duckworth called on her service as a veteran to express her support for National Anthem protesters in the wake of the NFL’s new policy mandating players on the field stand for the song. “One...
View ArticleDemocrats Try to Prevent Trump Launching North Korea War, Accuse Him of...
Two Democratic senators have accused President Donald Trump of “amateurish” planning of a planned Tuesday summit with North Korea, while also introducing legislation intended to block the president...
View ArticleEntrepreneur: 6 Extraordinary Women Who Rose to the Pinnacle of Their...
The average woman earns more than 20 cents less than every dollar a man earns doing the same job. Last year an embarrassingly low 2 percent of venture capital dollars went to companies with female...
View ArticleKFVS 12 News: Sen. Duckworth reacts to U.S. leaving U.N. Human Rights Council
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KFVS) – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) released the following statement in response to the U.S. leaving the United Nations Human Rights Council. “The United States has long been...
View ArticleThe Hill: Fourth Senate Dem calls for Nielsen to resign over family...
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) is calling for Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to resign over the “zero tolerance” immigration policy that has resulted in family separations at the...
View ArticleIn Style: Senator Tammy Duckworth on her History-Making Strides for Working Moms
Illinois State Senator Tammy Duckworth has made a habit of succeeding at the seemingly impossible. When a rocket-propelled grenade shot down the helicopter she was piloting during the Iraq war,...
View ArticleHerald-Whig: Federal funds catch up on upgrades at Illinois Veterans Home
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded $4.156 million to the state of Illinois to cover the federal share of water system upgrades completed at the Illinois Veterans Home in 2016. “This...
View ArticleCBS Chicago: IL Senator Gets Warm Welcome From Immigration Policy Protesters
Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth visited protesters rallying against immigration policy Thursday in the middle of the Senate office building. She had her infant daughter with her, and the two received...
View ArticleDaily Beast: Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Baby in Arms, Joins Immigration Protests...
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), who recently gave birth, brought her infant daughter as she joined a large demonstration on Capitol Hill on Thursday targeting the Trump administration’s immigration...
View ArticleChicago Sun-Times: Sen. Duckworth: Maternity leave over, will bring nursing...
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., wraps up her maternity leave on Monday, but since she is nursing her second daughter, Maile Pearl Bowlsbey, the baby – and her nanny – will be going to work with the...
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