Women Rule. In Politics. Emily's List at 35.
The Bill Press Pod
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🗓️ 12 May 2020
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
They were instrumental in the 2018 Democratic takeover of the House. Now they are gunning for Mitch McConnell's GOP Senate majority. Supporting women candidates in Maine, Iowa, Kentucky and Kansas, they will be key to reforming and rebuilding America. Stephanie Schriock, President of Emily's List, gives Bill the inside scoop on how women are changing American politics and America. More information at EmilysList.org
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| 0:00.0 | Hello friends and welcome back to the Bill Press pod. |
| 0:10.7 | The times they are a change in, indeed, consider this. |
| 0:15.2 | When Nancy Pelosi was first elected to Congress in 1987, she was one of 23 women in the entire 435 member House of Representatives. |
| 0:26.6 | Today, she is for the second time, the first female Speaker of the House, and she's one of |
| 0:33.1 | 106 women in the House, 91 of whom are Democrats. |
| 0:39.3 | That amazing increase in the number of Democratic women in the House is a tribute, first of all, |
| 0:44.3 | to Nancy Pelosi's determined leadership, but it's also a tribute to the great organization, |
| 0:49.3 | Emily's List, which since its founding by Ellen Malcolm back in 1985, has been dedicated exclusively to the election of pro-choice Democratic women at every level, with remarkable success. |
| 1:04.3 | Emily's List now in its 35th year continues to recruit, train, support, and elect women candidates in all 50 states, now under |
| 1:12.7 | the leadership of President Stephanie Shriak. We caught up with Stephanie Shriak working remotely |
| 1:18.0 | from home to get the latest on Prospects for 2020. Hello, Stephanie. Good to talk to you. Nice to |
| 1:24.7 | see you again. It's really nice to see you. Thank you for having me on, Bill. |
| 1:28.6 | So maybe not all of our listeners are as familiar as I am with Emily's List. I go back a long time, |
| 1:36.1 | particularly to California in 1992. When with Emily's List help, we elected two great United States |
| 1:43.1 | senators, Diane Feinstein and Barbara |
| 1:45.4 | Boxer. So why don't I ask you to let everybody know what is Emily's List? Who are Emily's List? |
| 1:52.6 | And what's your mission? I love that. Well, Emily's List is the nation's largest organization |
| 1:59.9 | funding women in politics. We are solely focused with a very |
| 2:05.1 | simple mission to elect pro-choice democratic women to office. That's it. That's what we do. |
| 2:11.2 | We do that from the legislative level all the way up to the top, though we haven't quite gotten |
| 2:17.2 | all the way to the top yet. |
| 2:19.0 | We're getting closer. |
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