Two Steps Back

For the second year in a row, Republicans, anxious to kill off the "war on women" narrative, appointed a woman to give the official response to the State of the Union address. But while Sen. Joni Ernst got to make a speech on TV, don't look for her to be heading up any Senate committees this year. As the New York Times reports, the Republican takeover of the Senate means that far fewer women will be in powerful committee chair positions.

Under Democrats, women held nine committee chairs and under Republicans, they will only have two.

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Because Republican women know that men are the natural and God-appointed leaders.  If God had wanted women to run things, he'd have made Eve first.  :s