Justice Ginsburg Recovering from Surgery….

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, the only woman on the Supreme Court, underwent surgery today for pancreatic cancer, according to the Associated Press.  Get well soon, Justice G!

Condoleezza Rice on “The View”

The bookers on the “The View” are on a ROLL this week.  First Blago, now former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who is so much more sane and delightful than the governor.  Enjoy:

Obama Signs first law, Lilly Ledbetter Approves

President Barack Obama signed his first bill into law this morning, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.  Just to jog your memories:

The bill is named after Lilly Ledbetter (at left with Obama), a former Goodyear employee who sued the company after she learned she had been paid less than men at the plant who had [...]

Tuesday Girl Talk

CJP is happy to announce that we’re bringing back Tuesday Girl Talk — for good! From now on, look for your weekly roundup of women who make the world go ’round every Tuesday once again!

In Iraq, the Parliament has signed a law requiring provincial councils to reserve 25 percent of their seats for women, in [...]

Fair Pay Act Passes the Senate, Only Men Vote No

Janes, we here at CJP are strictly non-partisan and not overly girly, but we couldn’t help but notice that the only senators who voted against the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act yesterday were Republican men.   All of the Republican women, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe and Lisa Murkowski, plus Arlen Specter, voted yes.  [...]

Caroline Out, Carolyn In?

We just told you about Kirsten Gillibrand, a second-term Congresswoman whose name we’ve consistently heard as a possible successor to Hillary Clinton.
Another name you’ll certainly hear is that of Carolyn Maloney, a former teacher, New York City Council member and now Congresswoman from Manhattan and Queens.  Maloney has not only served in the House since [...]

Who is Kirsten Gillibrand?

Even when Caroline Kennedy’s name was still in the hat for Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat, we continually heard a second name bandied about for the spot- Kirsten Gillibrand.  We have no inside scoop as to whether Gillibrand will now be picked, but we can answer the question, who is this woman?

Gillibrand is a Congresswoman serving [...]

Hillary Clinton moves closer to SoS…

The nation’s top Jane, Hillary Clinton, moved one step closer to becoming the next Secretary of State with a largely, but not entirely, smooth hearing with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Chairing the hearing was Sen. John Kerry, former presidential candidate.  Co-chairing was Sen. Richard Lugar, former presidential candidate.  In attendance were Sen. Chris Dodd, former presidential [...]