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Ayanna Pressley Official Bio

Ayanna Pressley

Ayanna Soyini Pressley is an American politician who is the member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 7th congressional district, having defeated incumbent Mike Capuano in the primary election and run unopposed in the November 2018 general election. Pressley served as an at-large member of the Boston City Council. Wikipedia*

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Ayanna Pressley has 79 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2012 Forum as a City Councilor. The year with the most videos was 2019 with 61 videos. Most appearances with Stacey Abrams (2), Ilhan Omar (2), Elizabeth Warren (2). Most common tag: Gender Issues.

Appearances by Title:January 3, 2019 - Present U.S. Representative, D-MA 7th View Map Videos: 71 c. January 1, 2010 - Present Member, City Council
D Videos: 1 November 3, 2009 - Present City Councilor Videos: 4 Videos: 0

Previously

U.S. Representative-Elect November 6, 2018 - January 3, 2019 Videos: 1 U.S. Representative Candidate,
D-7 c. January 1, 2018 - November 6, 2018 Videos: 2

Recent Appearances

  • 2020 Census

    2020 Census

    Steven Dillingham, U.S. Census Bureau director, said in testimony before the House Oversight and Reform Committee that his…

  • Morning Hour

    Morning Hour

    The House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.

  • Monetary Policy and the Economy

    Monetary Policy and the Economy

    Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified on the economy and monetary policy before the House Financial Services Committee. He told members that the…

  • Child Hunger and Food Assistance Programs

    Child Hunger and Food Assistance Programs

    A House Oversight and Reform subcommittee held a hearing on child hunger and the Trump administration’s proposed changes to the…

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House debated and voted on several suspension bills dealing with such issues as veterans health, water infrastructure,…

  • Senator Elizabeth Warren Holds Caucus Rally in Iowa City, Iowa

    Senator Elizabeth Warren Holds Caucus Rally in Iowa City, Iowa

    Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, held a get-out-to-caucus rally at a high school…

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Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Historic election results compiled from data found on FEC.gov

* The first paragraph of this page uses material from the Wikipedia article 'Ayanna Pressley', which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. Footnotes and parentheticals have been removed.