She went toe to toe with Schwarzenegger. Now Karen Bass is ready to take on Trump

As Democrats prepare to take over the House, the spotlight has been on Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi of California. One of them is Rep. Karen Bass, from Los Angeles. Back in 2008, as California was facing the Great Recession and a state budget crisis, she became the first female African-American speaker of the California Assembly – or any state legislature. Two years later, she was elected to Congress.

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