Women Call for Change in Hispanic Caucus

“The chairman, Rep. Joe Baca D-Calif., is trying to hold together the group of 20 Democrats and smooth over multiple rifts

“We’ve all got to come together, put personalities aside,” Baca said yesterday by phone from California. “We’ve got 45 million Hispanic constituents we have to think about.”

But several female members of the mostly male caucus say Baca himself is a source of problems, and one, Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.), resigned last month in protest. There were six female members and 15 male members before Sanchez quit..”

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