The 116th United States Congress returned the first woman to the position of Speaker of the House and swore in the most diverse group of lawmakers in history. The legislators took office Thursday in the middle of a partial government shutdown. The shutdown dispute is over President Donald Trump’s demand for money to build a wall along the U.S-Mexico border. Nancy Pelosi was the first woman to ever serve as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. She did so from 2007 to 2011. On Thursday, she was re-elected to the office, as Democrats took control of the House. Republicans still hold the majority in the Senate. The new Democratic-controlled House has more women and more minorities than in the past. It includes New York’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. There is also Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib and Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar, the first two Muslim women to be elected. New Mexico’s Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids of Kansas became the first two Native American women in Congress. Women hold 102 seats in the House and 25 seats in the Senate.
Title: New US Congress in Divided Government
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3087/6934c622-46c7-4f02-9086-4947448b9ede_hq.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='New US Congress in Divided Government' data-article-id='3599'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13792'>The 116th United States Congress returned the first woman to the position of Speaker of the House and swore in the most diverse group of lawmakers in history.</span> <span data-start-time='13792' data-end-time='21417'>The legislators took office Thursday in the middle of a partial government shutdown.</span> <span data-start-time='21417' data-end-time='33438'>The shutdown dispute is over President Donald Trump’s demand for money to build a wall along the U.S-Mexico border.</span> <span data-start-time='33438' data-end-time='42271'>Nancy Pelosi was the first woman to ever serve as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.</span> <span data-start-time='42271' data-end-time='47979'>She did so from 2007 to 2011.</span> <span data-start-time='47979' data-end-time='56708'>On Thursday, she was re-elected to the office, as Democrats took control of the House.</span> <span data-start-time='56708' data-end-time='62104'>Republicans still hold the majority in the Senate.</span> <span data-start-time='62104' data-end-time='70542'>The new Democratic-controlled House has more women and more minorities than in the past.</span> <span data-start-time='70542' data-end-time='80104'>It includes New York’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.</span> <span data-start-time='80104' data-end-time='91313'>There is also Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib and Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar, the first two Muslim women to be elected.</span> <span data-start-time='91313' data-end-time='101396'>New Mexico’s Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids of Kansas became the first two Native American women in Congress.</span> <span data-start-time='101396' data-end-time='108458'>Women hold 102 seats in the House and 25 seats in the Senate.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3087/FE3CF226-A84E-46E2-B3A2-1449F653BA06_cx0_cy7_cw0_w1023_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=12208 data-hint-location='13792' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3087/what_does_partial_mean.wav'>What does partial mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='not complete or total'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3087/entirely.wav'><span>entirely</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3087/feeling_sick.wav'><span>feeling sick</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3087/not_complete_or_total.wav'><span>not complete or total</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3087/a_shade_of_purple.wav'><span>a shade of purple</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=12209 data-hint-location='56708' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3087/republicans_still_hold_the_majority_in_the_what.wav'>Republicans still hold the majority in the what?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Senate'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3087/grocery_store.wav'><span>grocery store</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3087/courtroom.wav'><span>courtroom</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3087/classroom.wav'><span>classroom</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3087/senate.wav'><span>Senate</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=12210 data-hint-location='62104' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3087/the_new_democraticcontrolled_house_has_more_women_and_more__blank__than_in_the_past.wav'>The new Democratic-controlled House has more women and more <span class='blank'>minorities</span> than in the past.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='minorities'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3087/lawyers.wav'><span>lawyers</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3087/minorities.wav'><span>minorities</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3087/butterflies.wav'><span>butterflies</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3087/policies.wav'><span>policies</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
Sound Name: https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3087/6934c622-46c7-4f02-9086-4947448b9ede_hq.wav
Preview
