March 20,2008

KAREN BASS

MAJORITY LEADER

Karen Bass has been a State Assemblymember representing Los Angeles' 47th District since 2005. Speaker Fabian Nunez selected Bass as the Majority Leader for the California State Assembly during the 2007-2008 legislative session, making her

the first African American and the

first woman to hold this leadership position.

She also serves as the chair of the Select Committee on Foster Care. Since taking office, Majority Leader Bass has made

Foster Care Reform her top priority.

She has now written a new chapter in California history, but we have been told she is going to write a new chapter in

American history ...by being elected the

first African-American woman in the history of this nation to be the Speaker of a state legislative body.

NOW THAT'S IMPRESSIVE!!

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Assemblymember Karen Bass