House rules go gender neutral

[Shana A]

House rules go gender neutral
Filed by: Alex Blaze
January 8, 2009 1:30 PM

http://www.bilerico.com/2009/01/house_rules_go_gender_neutral.php

Via Amanda Terkel, here's a bit of the changes to the House's rules:

They went gender neutral, which is great. It recognizes the fact that many people in Congress are women and moves away from the idea that men are the more appropriate/normal/default sex of Congresscritters or people in general.