Feminist News Digest | Week of January 4-January 8

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ELECTION | POLITICS
Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff Win Georgia Senate Elections [[link removed]]
On Tuesday, Georgia held its runoff elections for the Senate, and on Wednesday AP News officially called both races, with both democratic candidates, Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, winning in close margins.


ON THE HILL | POLITICS
Nancy Pelosi Elected Speaker of the House for the 117th Congress [[link removed]]
On Sunday, Nancy Pelosi was elected Speaker of the House for the 4th time by a narrow margin.


AFGHANISTAN
Strong Bipartisan Support in Stopping US Troop Reduction in Afghanistan [[link removed]]
With overwhelmingly bipartisan support, Congress overturned President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2021. It states emphatically that the president alone cannot decide to reduce the number troops in Afghanistan. The Act also includes that the human rights of women and girls and minority populations must be protected in Afghanistan. The House voted 322 – 87 and the Senate voted 81 – 13 in favor of overriding the President’s veto of the bill. The NDAA was enacted into law on new year’s day despite Trump’s veto.



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