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"Since the completion of the Roundhouse in 1966, there's been something missing around the House and Senate floors.\"It has a men's bathroom, but no women's bathroom,\" said Rep. Mimi Stewart of Albuquerque.Stewart sponsored a House Memorial in 2009, pressing for a women's bathroom.\"All of the house women signed it, saying it's time to have a women's bathroom in the house lounge,\" Stewart said.But the recession hit and funding went down the drain.Women can use the Senate restroom, which is right outside Senate Chambers. But Stewart said it's locked during session.\"So it looks like it's close to get to, but you gotta make sure you have your key with you,\" she said.Or, women of the House can go find one somewhere else, which takes time.\"I do miss votes,\" she said. \"Every session.\"To get to the public women's restroom, ladies must walk around the hall to the other side, go to the elevators and take it to the second floor.\u00A0From there, they walk down another hall.Finally, Stewart and other women in the House will have a restroom close to the floor, and they won't have to worry that an emergency trip could keep them from doing their jobs.\"If we don't have a bathroom that we can go to easily, then we miss the action on the floor and we miss votes,\" she explained.A vote is open for 30 seconds, which means sometimes, it's a race against time for women lawmakers.The bathroom is part of a $2.5 million upgrade.House Speaker Ken Martinez said this is a long time coming, and it's embarrassing that it wasn't done until now."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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