The Gender-Neutral Congress Is In Session

The 117th Congress began this week with the Senate awaiting results from the Georgia runoffs to be held on Tuesday, Jan. 5.

Sunday’s opening House session began with an opening prayer by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Missouri), who concluded with the words “Amen and Awoman.”

Seriously…

Earlier, Nancy Pelosi had signed off on striking gendered language like “mother, father, daughter and son” from House rules, however her Twitter bio still boasted “mother, grandmother,” as of Jan. 4.

But the main event awaits on Wednesday, January 6, during a joint session of Congress, when presidential electors are counted.