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Cindy Axne Held Most 2019 Town Halls Of Any Freshman Member
It’s official: Iowa Rep. Cindy Axne was the most accessible House member of the freshman class in 2019.
Axne, elected to represent the 3rd District in 2018, held 57 public town halls in 2019, according to her staff.
An analysis of Congress members’ schedules by Town Hall Project found Axne topped the list among freshmen Democrats and Republicans.
...According to Town Hall Project’s “2019 Congressional Accessibility Report,” freshmen House members were responsible for more than a third of the town hall meetings held by members of Congress, despite making up less than 19% of legislators. Every Democratic freshman in the House held at least one town hall in 2019, Town Hall Project found, compared to 58% of Republican freshmen.
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Axne held the second-most town halls among House and Senate members of both parties, falling only to Republican Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas, who held 60 town halls in 2019 compared to Axne’s 57.
https://iowastartingline.com/2020/01/14/cindy-axne-held-most-2019-town-halls-of-any-freshman-member/?fbclid=IwAR2bLDMFnH_zdns5_v_mhCi0Lbb5cd-ftInONGCj9HjTUzvWtc_uqPbTzhw
Axne, elected to represent the 3rd District in 2018, held 57 public town halls in 2019, according to her staff.
An analysis of Congress members’ schedules by Town Hall Project found Axne topped the list among freshmen Democrats and Republicans.
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...According to Town Hall Project’s “2019 Congressional Accessibility Report,” freshmen House members were responsible for more than a third of the town hall meetings held by members of Congress, despite making up less than 19% of legislators. Every Democratic freshman in the House held at least one town hall in 2019, Town Hall Project found, compared to 58% of Republican freshmen.
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Axne held the second-most town halls among House and Senate members of both parties, falling only to Republican Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas, who held 60 town halls in 2019 compared to Axne’s 57.
https://iowastartingline.com/2020/01/14/cindy-axne-held-most-2019-town-halls-of-any-freshman-member/?fbclid=IwAR2bLDMFnH_zdns5_v_mhCi0Lbb5cd-ftInONGCj9HjTUzvWtc_uqPbTzhw