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Sen. Tammy Duckworth told her Senate colleagues a personal story to explain why they must refuse to confirm one of Trump’s anti-choice Supreme Court nominees. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) is the first...

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Marie Claire: Senator Tammy Duckworth on Why the Children Separated at the...

The reports have been chilling. A woman sobbed as she described how federal authorities took her child away from her while she was breastfeeding. A 10-year-old girl with Down Syndrome was separated...

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CNN: Top Democrats call on Trump to cancel Putin meeting following Russian...

The top Democrats in Congress on Friday called for President Donald Trump to cancel his upcoming summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin after the Justice Department announced indictments against...

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Marie Claire: Senator Tammy Duckworth Doesn’t Want Her Daughter’s Birth to Be...

Senator Tammy Duckworth is used to breaking barriers. An Iraq War veteran who chose to serve as a helicopter pilot because it was one of few combat jobs open to women, she was the first female double...

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Chicago Tribune: She’s back: Sen. Tammy Duckworth on breast-feeding (probably...

Even before she returned from maternity leave, Tammy Duckworth, the first woman to give birth while serving in the U.S. Senate, pushed a resolution that allows infants on the Senate floor. The measure,...

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Vogue: Senator Tammy Duckworth on the Attack that Took Her Legs — and Having...

ILLINOIS SENATOR Ladda Tammy Duckworth owns a great pair of legs. They’re painstakingly painted by an artist to match the skin tone of her arm—right down to the freckles—and the second toe on one foot...

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The Hill: Senate Dem: Trump’s ‘fake, hyperbolic rantings’ an insult to real...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) on Thursday unloaded on President Trump for saying House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) should “get the Medal of Honor.” Duckworth, an Iraq War...

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USA Today: Nursing rooms for breastfeeding moms now required at all major...

Nursing moms will soon find it easier to travel through airports across the country. Commercial airports will be required to provide lactation rooms at each passenger terminal building of the airport,...

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Self: Breastfeeding Rooms Will Now Be Required at All Major Airports

Air travel is about to become a lot more comfortable and convenient for nursing moms. On Friday, a 2017 bill requiring commercial airports to have designated breastfeeding rooms available became law....

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Time: Tammy Duckworth [:] A Champion for Breastfeeding Moms

U.S. Senator Duckworth has long been an advocate of breastfeeding accommodations, including introducing legislation that requires all medium and large airports to offer a lactation room for mothers....

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Lake County Journal: Underwood, Duckworth campaign in Lake County

ST. CHARLES – U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth joined Lauren Underwood, the Democratic nominee for Congress in Illinois’ 14th District, for a day of conversation with working parents, small-business owners...

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Duquoin Call: Duckworth talks with southern Illinois veterans

MARION — U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth and nearly 100 southern Illinois veterans got together in Marion this week, where she told them she does not support privitization of Veterans Affairs. and that she...

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Chicago Tribune: Durbin, Duckworth, Foster want probe of Trump EPA response...

Both U.S. senators from Illinois and a Chicago-area congressman are calling for an independent investigation of the Trump administration’s response to federal research that found the Sterigenics plant...

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WBBM Radio: Chicago Veterans Honored At City Hall, With Help From Sen. Duckworth

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) –Chicago honored veterans in a ceremony at City Hall Sunday, on the 100th anniversary of the unofficial end of World War One. Brigadier General Mark C Jackson said the Illinois...

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Military.com: I Owe My Life to the Warrior Ethos of My Fellow Troops

“I will always place the mission first. I will never accept defeat. I will never quit. I will never leave a fallen comrade.” I can still recite the lines of the Warrior Ethos — but I’m alive today...

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CBS Chicago: Duckworth: ‘Today Is My Alive Day’

CHICAGO (CBS) — Illinois U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth said Monday is the 14th anniversary of the day she almost died while in combat. In a tweet, Duckworth said “I was quite literally in pieces, but my...

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