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Q & A with U.S. Sen. Blanche L. Lincoln: U.S. Sen. Blanche L. Lincoln made history on November 3, 1998, when she became the youngest woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate. She is only the second woman to win a U.S. Senate seat representing Arkansas.(A Franchising World Q & A)(Interview) (Franchising World)

This week in Black history.(Martin Luther King Day designated)(Carol Moseley-Braun of Illinois became the first Black woman to win a U.S. Senate seat )(Brief Article) (Jet)

The MARCH for Military Women Act introduced in the U.S. Senate in June would repeal a ban on insurance coverage of abortion care for military women in cases of rape and incest as well as a ban on using private funds to obtain abortion care on military bases.(Worth Noting)(Brief article) (The Humanist)

Black woman loses mining post in closing Senate hours. (hold placed on Rhea L. Graham's nomination as director of U.S. Bureau of Mines) (Brief Article) (Jet)

United States: House, Senate pass violence against women act.(North America)(Brief Article) (off our backs)

Senate approves two black women for major positions on federal government agencies. (Jacqueline Williams-Bridgers confirmed as State Dept. Inspector General; Shirley A. Jackson confirmed as chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission)(Brief Article) (Jet)

ShePAC Endorses U.S. Senate Candidate Sarah Steelman (Wireless News)

Franchising World Q & A with U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe: U.S. Sen. Olympia J. Snow (R-Maine) chairs the Senate Committee on Small Business. She recently introduced S. 406, the Small Business Health Fairness Act (association health plan legislation) with Sens. Jim Talent (R-Mo.) and Christopher Bond (R-Mo.).(A FRANCHISING WORLD Q & A) (Franchising World)

Barack Obama runs for U.S. Senate seat; primary election March 16.(National Report) (Jet)

News and Views: Racial Wealth Differences Affect Far More Than Higher Education; Why Blacks Are Not in the U.S. Senate (The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education)