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New speaker takes over just in time for Calif. budget crunch

                   
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May 11, 2008
        
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Democrat Karen Bass takes over as Assembly speaker on Tuesday, just in time to deal with what could turn out to be the state budget deadlock to end all budget deadlocks. ... Bass will find out just how tough her first few months as speaker are likely to be on Wednesday,... [read full story]                    

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Black woman California's Assembly leader

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May 14, 2008
        

LOS ANGELES, May 14 (UPI) -- The new speaker of the California Assembly, Democrat Karen Bass, has become the first African-American woman in U.S. history to lead a legislative body. Just one day after her swearing-in ceremony, Bass faced the beginning of negotiations with Gov. Arnold...

Black woman California's Assembly leader

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May 14, 2008
        

LOS ANGELES, May 14 (UPI) -- The new speaker of the California Assembly, Democrat Karen Bass, has become the first African-American woman in U.S. history to lead a legislative body. Just one day after her swearing-in ceremony, Bass faced the beginning of negotiations with Gov. Arnold...

Karen Bass makes history

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May 14, 2008
        

Calif installs 1st black female legislative leader By SAMANTHA YOUNG SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California on Tuesday installed the nation’s first black female legislative leader, swearing in Los Angeles Democrat Karen Bass as speaker of the state Assembly. Bass said at the ceremony that she feels...

LA Democrat sworn in as first black woman to lead Assembly

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May 14, 2008
        

Los Angeles Democrat Karen Bass was sworn in Tuesday as speaker of the California Assembly, the first black woman to lead either house of the state Legislature. Bass told her fellow lawmakers and the California political and cultural figures who attended the ceremony that she feels the weight of...

Calif. Appoints 1st Black Female Legislative Leader

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May 14, 2008
        

SACRAMENTO (AP) — California on Tuesday installed the nation's first black female legislative leader, swearing in Los Angeles Democrat Karen Bass as speaker of the state Assembly. Bass said at the ceremony that she feels the weight of history on her shoulders. "If we could only harness the power...

SACRAMENTO: California names nation’s first black female legislative leader

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May 14, 2008
        

California installed the nation’s first black female legislative leader Tuesday, swearing in Los Angeles Democrat Karen Bass as speaker of the state Assembly. The 54-year-old becomes the 67th speaker, succeeding fellow Los Angeles Democrat Fabian Nunez. He is relinquishing the post at the end of...

Bass first black woman to lead Assembly

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May 14, 2008
        

Succeeds termed out Fabian Nunez By SAMANTHA YOUNG Associated Press Assemblywoman Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, stands with, from left, former Assembly speakers Fabian Nunez, Cruz Bustamante and Herb Wesson Jr., Antonio Villaraigosa, and Willie Brown, after she was sworn in to replace Nunez as...

                   

Karen Bass takes Assembly reins as California's first female African American speaker

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May 14, 2008
        

Karen Bass laughed Tuesday when asked minutes after becoming Assembly speaker how long she expects the honeymoon to last. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, left, and former Assembly Speaker Willie Brown escort Assemblywoman Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, to the podium to be sworn in as the...

                   

Bass takes Assembly reins as California's first female African American speaker

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May 14, 2008
        

Karen Bass laughed Tuesday when asked minutes after becoming Assembly speaker how long she expects the honeymoon to last. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, left, and former Assembly Speaker Willie Brown escort Assemblywoman Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, to the podium to be sworn in as the...

Calif installs 1st black female legislative leader

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May 14, 2008
        

Assemblywoman Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, second from right, smiles as she is sworn in as Speaker of the California State Assembly by her predecessor, Assemblyman Fabian Nunez, of Los Angeles, left, as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger applauds during ceremonies at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif.,...

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