August 21, 2011
A Congresswoman Uses Lessons From Her Nonprofit Career to Build Support in Washington
Derek Lieu, for The Chronicle
Rep. Donna Edwards, at a summer rally, says she developed media skills as a nonprofit advocate, debating lawmakers on national television.
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Derek Lieu, for The Chronicle
Rep. Donna Edwards, at a summer rally, says she developed media skills as a nonprofit advocate, debating lawmakers on national television.
Washington
Donna Edwards is rushing toward the sound of cheers and jeers on a sizzling July day. The Maryland congresswoman, a former nonprofit leader who is now a prominent liberal voice on Capitol Hill, is about to address a protest rally on the topic that has consumed Washington this summer—the country’s growing debt.
Representative Edwards—an outspoken opponent of proposals to cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid to reduce the federal deficit—tells a story as
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