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Burke Sees Congress as Smoke Filled Rooms Not a Wallflower
Congresswoman Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, California’s first Black woman legislator, aims to enter Washington’s power circles not as a token but as a decisive participant. She plans focus on inner-city development, housing, child care, and domestic workers’ benefits while resisting grandstanding.
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