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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    California Congresswoman Katie Porter's first six months in office

    In January, Press Play's Michell Eloy followed two of California’s freshman Democrats during their first week as congresswomen: Katie Hill from Santa Clarita and Katie Porter from Irvine.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Michell Eloy • Jul 12, 2019 • 1 min read

    In January, Press Play's Michell Eloy followed two of California’s freshman Democrats during their first week as congresswomen: Katie Hill from Santa Clarita and Katie Porter from Irvine. Earlier this week, we checked in with Hill, and today we hear from Porter. Porter ousted longtime Republican incumbent Mimi Walters in a close midterm race that took more than a week to finalize. Porter is also one of the very first Democrats from a swing district to call for President Trump to be impeached.

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      Michell Eloy

      Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Alexandra Sif Tryggvadottir

      Associate producer

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      Rosalie Atkinson

      Associate producer

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      Katie Porter

      Democratic Congresswoman representing parts of Orange County

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    LA braces for ICE raids this weekend
    1. 0:00How LA is preparing for ICE raids this weekend
    2. 9:46California Congresswoman Katie Porter's first six months in officeYou’re reading this
    3. 21:00Amazon to spend big money on voluntary workforce retraining
    4. 30:28Afros, braids, cornrows: CROWN Act bans hair discrimination
    5. 39:21'Stuber' is one of the worst films of 2019, critic says
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