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Weekly Wrap
April 2, 2021
This Week: At A Glance
Women's History Month came to a close this week. Winning For Women celebrated
all month long by spotlighting some exceptional women leaders. Trailblazers by
nature, here are just a few leaders we featured.
Want to see who else we featured? Head to our socials, where we upload new
content daily!
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This week, W4W endorsed candidate Julia Letlow (LA-05) had a recent interview
with Politico's Olivia Beavers.
“I can't think of any better example to set for my children. Then, when life
knocks you down because it's going to, you know, all of us are going to face
trials and tribulations and loss at some point if we live long enough, and you
can either choose to give up or you can choose to keep going.And I want them to
see that their mom chose hope.”
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Read Julia's Full Interview Here
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A mid-week win! For the last several weeks, Senator Chuck Grassley, Senator
Joni Ernst, Rep. Ashley Hinson (IA-01) and Winning For Women pushed back
against Speaker Nancy Pelosi's blatant power grab in Iowa!
On Wednesday, Democrat Rita Hart released a statement withdrawing her effort
to unseat Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02).Read the full statement here.
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A True Iowan. Senator Joni Ernst is back on the road this week on her 99
County Tour! Hearing directly from her constituents, Senator Ernst made a
splash this week visiting Hamilton, Hardin, and Grundy County!Learn more about
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Bipartisan Policy Group features Rep. Young Kim (CA-39), who participated in a
discussion about finding real solutions with commonsense policy. Check out the
full event here.
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"We've seen how women and minorities have a harder time accessing the capital
they need to start and grow their businesses...[I am committed to] creating
policies that allow our workers and businesses to succeed."
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In The News
Axios: Coronavirus Variant Tracker.
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New variants of SARS-CoV-2 are rapidly spreading through the U.S. These
coronavirus variants are being studied because they may be more transmissible,
cause more severe disease, or reduce the efficacy of current vaccines.
Wall Street Journal: Border Crossings by Migrant Children to Rise Sharply,
U.S. Estimates Show.
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The Biden administration anticipates that the number of unaccompanied immigrant
children crossing the U.S. southern border illegally will rise substantially
for at least the next two months, according to internal projections.
Fox News: McCarthy releases fundraising distribution numbers in effort for GOP
to win back House.
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McCarthy's "Take Back The House" fundraising entity gave more than $5.5
million to the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), $4 million
to individual GOP members and nearly $2 million to state parties in the first
quarter of 2021, Fox News has learned.
Fox News: Dem Rita Hart backs down in Iowa election challenge to Miller-Meeks
amid mounting GOP pressure.
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Democrat Rita Hart has formally dropped her election challenge in Iowa to GOP
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, just as Republicans turned up their public
relations campaign against the potential election "steal."
The Hill: GOP visits border, criticizes Biden policies.
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Top House Republicans on Monday called on President Biden to visit the
U.S.-Mexico border amid what both parties are calling a “humanitarian crisis”
caused by the surge of migrants and unaccompanied children attempting to enter
the country.
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