Team Congress Gets Rain-Shortened Win in Congressional Women’s Softball Game

For one night, the Congressional Women's Softball Game sets aside partisan politics for a greater cause

Washington — Marcella Powell is not a huge softball fan, nor is she a political junkie. So why did she travel more than 1,000 miles from her home in Pensacola, Florida, to Washington, D.C., to take part in Wednesday’s annual Congressional Women’s Softball Game?”When this came up, I was like, ‘I really want to do it.’ So, I did it with no hesitation, no effort, no second thoughts,” Powell said. Unlike their male counterparts, whose annual basebal…

Team Congress gets rain-shortened win in Congressional Women’s Softball Game

Team Congress didn’t let a fourth-inning rain cancellation dampen their excitement about a 5-3 lead over the Bad News Babes in Wednesday night’s Congressional Women’s Softball Game.  “We are so excited and, you know, we obviously would have loved to continue playing and beat the press by even more,” Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-Mich.) said. “I…

Lawmakers score a win in annual congressional softball game

The women of Congress came out with a victory on Wednesday night during the annual Congressional Women's Softball Game.

Thunder halts softball game, but lawmakers make it rain

The Congressional Women’s Softball Game may have been called early due to severe thunderstorms, but lawmakers still managed to upset the Capitol press corps.  The soggy weather marked an end to the members’ drought, with a 5-3 victory over the “Bad News Babes.”  Each year, the women of Congress have squared off against the press in a friendly game to raise money and awareness about young adult breast cancer. The most noticeable change Wednesday …

Rep. Julie Johnson to participate in Congressional Women’s Softball Game

Congresswoman Julie Johnson (TX-32) will participate in the Congressional Women’s Softball Game, taking place at Audi Field in Washington, D.C. today (Wednesday, July 16). The game brings together a bipartisan and bicameral group of Members of Congress to compete against members of the Washington D.C. press corps and raises money for the Young Survival Coalition (YSC), a global organization dedicated to critical issues to young adults who have b…

Rep. Julie Johnson to participate in Congressional Women's Softball Game - Dallas Voice

Congresswoman Julie Johnson (TX-32) will participate in the Congressional Women’s Softball Game, taking place at Audi Field in Washington, D.C. today (Wednesday, July 16). The game brings together a bipartisan and bicameral group of Members of Congress to compete against members of the Washington D.C. press corps and raises money for the Young Survival Coalition (YSC), a global organization dedicated to critical issues to young adults who have b…