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Pramila Jayapal is a lawyer. Pramila is the first woman of Indian American descent to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 2022, she will have a net worth of $5 million. She is the representative for Washington’s Seventh Congressional District, which includes most of Seattle and King County. Jayapal was a member of the Washington state legislature in the past. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Pramila Jayapal
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Introduction
  • Pramila Jayapal is a lawyer. Pramila is the first
    woman of Indian American descent to serve in the
    U.S. House of Representatives. In 2022, she will
    have a net worth of 5 million. She is the
    representative for Washingtons Seventh
    Congressional District, which includes most of
    Seattle and King County. Jayapal was a member of
    the Washington state legislature in the past. She
    is also the first Asian American to work for the
    government in the state of Washington. Jayapal is
    a part of the Congressional Progressive Caucus,

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Family and Early Life
  • On September 21, 1965, Pramila Jayapal was born
    in India. MP and Maya, her parents, both wrote
    and worked in marketing. Pramila grew up in
    Indonesia, but she also spent a lot of time there
    as a child. In 1982, when she was 16 years, she
    moved to the United States.

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College Life
  • Jayapal moved to the United States to go to
    college. In the same year, she would go to
    Georgetown University and get a Bachelor of Arts
    degree. Later, Jayapal would go to Northwestern
    University to get a Master of Business
    Administration degree.

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Life at Home
  • Jayapal has had two marriages. We dont know much
    about her first husband, but Janak, her only real
    child, is from that marriage. Jayapal has said
    that her child Janak doesnt see himself as
    belonging to either gender.

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Green Card
  • Jayapal lost her Green Card when she was with her
    first husband on a trip to India many years ago.
    She was pregnant while she was in India, she went
    into labour early. She lost her Green Card
    because she didnt get back to the United States
    in time to keep her status as a Permanent
    Resident at the time.
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Marriage
  • Jayapal married Steven Williamson on a date that
    was not made public. The couple lives together in
    Seattle, Washington. The marriage between Pramila
    Jayapal and Michael has given her a stepson,
    Michael.

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Earnings
  • On her Wikipedia page, it says that Pramila
    Jayapal has a net worth of about 1.5 million. As
    a member of Congress, Jayapal makes 174,000 a
    year.

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Politics as a Job
  • After the bombard on September 11, 2001, in the
    United States, Jayapal started a group called
    Hate Free Zone to help immigrants. The group
    helped people who had just become American
    citizens register to vote. The group also went to
    Congress to speak up for immigrants on a number
    of different issues.

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Represented in Congress
  • Jayapal show it clear that she has never
    supported President Trump. Jayapal did not show
    up to his inauguration on January 20, 2017.
    Instead, she met with people who lived in the
    area she represented in Congress.
  • Jayapal has been praised for her resistance.
    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called her a
    rising star in the Democratic caucus, and a
    news outlet has called her a leader in the
    resistance.
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