Sentences with phrase «of women nominees»

From 1978 to 1981, as assistant to President Carter, she was an advocate for the Equal Rights Amendment and worked on the selection of women nominees for the federal judiciary.

Davis continued: «Even the women who are still in silence, the women who stepped up and spoke up, all of the women nominees, all of the women who should have been, could have been nominees, we're all worth it.

Not exact matches

... Does that sound to you like the temperament of a man we should elect as president, and how will you answer the charge from Hillary Clinton, who was likely to be the Democratic nominee, that you are part of the war on women?»

Carrie Pugh, left, Katrina Mendiola and Mayors Wegmann cry as Hillary Clinton officially becomes the first woman to be the presidential nominee of a major U.S. political party during the second day session.

Yet Republicans have found themselves largely unable to capitalize on the moment, consumed instead by the latest scandal of their nominee, a video showing Trump admitting to making predatory and lewd advances on women.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his supporters have suggested that the now - notorious 2005 conversation made public by the Washington Post on Friday — in which Trump is heard making sexually explicit comments about women while TV personality Billy Bush eggs him on — was typical of the kind of harmless «locker room talk» in which men engage in all the time.

Still, the increased number of women among the pool of nominees seems to indicate a commitment to improving gender diversity at the top of large U.S. companies, according to the report's author, Edward Kamonjoh.

For Russell 3000 companies this year, women make up 22 % of all new board nominees, which also doubles those companies» 2008 tally of 11 %.

In the report, released Thursday, ISS says that in 2014 almost 30 % of new board nominees for S&P 500 companies have been women, which is up from just 15 % in 2008.

«While women still make up less than 20 percent of U.S. boards on average, movement toward greater gender parity is evident with the proportion of new nominees that are women nearly doubling over the past seven years at larger firms,» Kamonjoh said in a statement.

Donald Trump's lewd comments about women — from a 2005 conversation published on Friday — proved a step too far for some Republicans who called for the GOP presidential nominee to drop out of the race.

Republicans on Friday quickly condemned the lewd comments about women made by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in a 2005 conversation, and some called for him to drop out of the race.

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On the day that Daniels canceled the deal, protesters gathered in front of Trump Tower in New York City to express outrage over week - old revelations that the Republican presidential nominee had once bragged about grabbing women by the crotch, news that was prompting a number of women to come forward with stories of alleged sexual misconduct by the candidate.

These were women who had accused Bill Clinton — former president, Democratic elder statesman, and husband of the current Democratic nominee — of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape.

There is no shortage of truly horrendous defenses being mounted for Roy Moore, the Alabama Senate GOP nominee who has been accused of inappropriate conduct with five young women, including molesting a girl when she was 14 years old.

(CNN)- If Hillary Clinton, the woman who came closest to becoming a major party presidential nominee, is a feminist icon, could something similar be said of Michele Bachmann, who officially launched her presidential campaign on Monday?

«If Hillary Clinton, the woman who came closest to becoming a major party presidential nominee, is a feminist icon, could something similar be said of Michele Bachmann, who officially launched her presidential campaign on Monday?»

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The Paladino campaign is employing a classic strategy to soften / humanize the mad - as - hell gubernatorial nominee by deploying his wife, Cathy, whose agreement to provide two interviews with major NYC dailies resulted in sympathetic stories address the controversial issue of the daughter he fathered with another woman.

Both parties» potential nominees include minorities (Cruz, Carson, Rubio as of Feb 3, 2016) and women (Fiorina, Clinton).

Here's the issue: the entire four - day message of the Convention was not about expanding Trump's base of support among minorities or women (the 2016 GOP platform says nothing about providing «equal pay for equal work»; it was not about proposing substantive solutions to problems facing the nation; it was not even about making amends with traditional conservatives and moderate Republicans to achieve party unity (the Republican governor of Ohio, John Kasich, the Bush family, and all former Republican nominees for president, except one, did not attend).

Cuomo said Monday that women's rights «are under attack» in Washington with a possible Supreme Court nominee from President Donald Trump that could lead to the repeal of the landmark 1973 abortion rights decision, Roe v. Wade.

Fiorina has been publicly considering a presidential bid for months, touting her business experience and positioning herself as the only woman in the field of potential Republican nominees.

Along with honoring the 2018 Women of Distinction during a special ceremony at the Capitol, the Senate adopted a special resolution congratulating the nominees.

Senator Helming gathers with the 16 nominees for the New York State Senate Woman of Distinction award from the 54th District.

New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, the youngest woman in Congress, is walking a tightrope because of her support for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Stefanik crossed party lines back in 2015 to vote in favor of the TPA (edited, see below), putting her on the same side of the issue as President Obama, who now finds himself at odds with the woman who is seeking to replace him, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

Before NOW - NYS supports this nominee, women need answers as to how Kagan will rule on issues of reproductive rights; abortion, contraception, and all forms of medical procedures that would affect a woman's privacy in making important decisions about her body.»

While Hillary Clinton has made history by becoming the first woman chosen as a major party's presidential nominee, the number of women in elected office in the United States has plateaued.

A form on the group's website invites people to submit a name, contact information and a description of a woman they want to see run for office, and then She Should Run staff contacts the nominee — who usually says no.

New Hampshire Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte said Saturday that she will not vote for her party's presidential nominee Donald Trump, in light of derogatory comments he made about assaulting women.

Tenney is a Trump supporter who has stood by the GOP nominee, even as other Republicans have called for him to step down following the release of a tape of Trump talking in vulgar terms about the sexual assault of women.

The approval of the minister nominee for Gender, Women and Social protection, Otiko Afisa Djaba, was however put on hold over challenges raised by the minority side of the vetting committee.

In her first speech as the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee, Clinton will criticize Trump's positions on women's issues — a signal to the Democratic base that she intends to anchor the general election in the same slate of progressive issues she campaigned on in the primary.

Pennsylvania Republicans picked a tough - talking state senator and a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump to be their party's nominees for governor and U.S. Senate, as a big splash in U.S. House primaries made it more likely that women will break the all - male hold on Pennsylvania's congressional delegation.

The ad's thematic issue comes after the top of the Republican ticket, presidential nominee Donald Trump, has come under fire for allegations of sexual assault and harassment from multiple women.

Women's rights attorney Gloria Allred revealed the identity of another woman accusing Trump of «inappropriate sexual conduct»: Karena Virginia, a yoga teacher and «inspirational speaker» who says the nominee groped her during a chance encounter at the US Open in 1998.

The White House defended Trump's appointment of women to top jobs following a BuzzFeed News report highlighting the lack of female US attorney nominees.

Former Massachusetts Governor and 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney delivered a sweeping, point - by - point indictment of Trump — of his policy proposals, his business dealings, his erratic judgments, his moral character, and his insults to women, Latinos and the disabled.

Democratic congressional candidate DuWayne Gregory challenged Long Island Rep. Peter King to rescind his endorsement of Trump, after comments by women who have said the presidential nominee had groped them.

The GOP nominee's wife likened her husband — who was 59 years old at the time of the «Access Hollywood» taping during which he bragged about forcing himself on women — to a teenage boy who engages in macho boasting.

New York's top women Democrats rallied outside Trump Tower this morning to rip the GOP nominee over emerging allegations of sexual assault — assault the candidate appeared to admit to in a recently leaked 2005 tape.

Long appeared at a «Women for Trump» rally outside Albany, where roughly five dozen women from throughout upstate New York gathered for a in support of the GOP presidential nominee, who they said was uniquely qualified to end the «gravy train» where the nation's political class has supped for decWomen for Trump» rally outside Albany, where roughly five dozen women from throughout upstate New York gathered for a in support of the GOP presidential nominee, who they said was uniquely qualified to end the «gravy train» where the nation's political class has supped for decwomen from throughout upstate New York gathered for a in support of the GOP presidential nominee, who they said was uniquely qualified to end the «gravy train» where the nation's political class has supped for decades.

At 8 a.m., women activists and survivors of sexual assault form human chain outside of the Trump Tower demanding the GOP disavow the presidential nominee and his «racist attacks» on women, 725 5th Ave., Manhattan.

When he wrapped up the nomination, Mondale put out the word that Cuomo was on his list of potential running - mates — a customary way for a nominee to thank a key primary supporter (and a particularly empty gesture from Mondale, who was intent on putting a woman or minority on his ticket).

Yet following one of the biggest accomplishments to date — Hillary Clinton's ascension as the Democratic Party's presidential nominee — there are hopes that more women will be sparked to enter the political realm, which still is a sometimes harsh place.