House to Vote on Museum for Women

I'm a little delayed in picking up this news, but I felt it exciting enough, nonetheless, to share on our blog.

House to Vote on Museum for Women

By Mike Lillis, The Hill 

House Republicans plan to vote this year on legislation promoting construction of a National Women's History Museum.

The move lends enormous momentum to the years-long push to establish a memorial to women's history near the National Mall - a proposal that's lingered in Congress for nearly two decades without ever reaching the president's desk.

Maloney’s bill would establish a commission charged with examining the best way to bring a women’s history museum “on or near” the National Mall. The eight-member panel, appointed by bipartisan leaders in both the House and Senate, would have 18 months to report recommendations to Congress and the White House for building and maintaining the project.

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.), the House bill’s lead GOP sponsor, said she’s confident the bill will win approval in both chambers this year.

“I do think that it’s the year that it can move on the House floor and the Senate floor,” she said Tuesday by phone. “We’re hopeful that as we move to the spring that we’ll see action on this and make a women’s history museum a reality for the country.”