The 104th Congress begins, becoming the first held entirely under Republican control since the Eisenhower era. The previous November, Newt Gingrich and his “Contract with America” gave the Republican Party the electoral boost it needed to win majority control of Congress for the first time in 40 years.
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Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich was having an extramarital affair even as he led the charge in the 1990s against then President Bill Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair, he acknowledged in an interview with a conservative Christian group.
Elected in 1964, Patsy T. Mink is sworn in on January 4, 1965, as the first Asian American woman and first woman of color to serve in the U.S. Congress.
Throughout her career, the U.S. representative for Hawaii was a strong supporter of civil and women’s rights, as well as an advocate for children, labor unions and education. Serving as a member of the Committee for Education and Labor, Mink was vocal in her opposition to the Vietnam War and was a supporter of a national daycare system, Head Start and the Women’s Educational Equity Act.
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Patsy T. Mink sworn in as first Asian American woman and woman of color in Congress
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January 4, 2023
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March 26, 2021
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March 26, 2021
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