New Democratic Majority Takes Senate, Signals Shift After 'Bluenami' Election
Senate reconvenes on Capitol Hill with fresh faces, including a megachurch pastor, as media describe the midterms as a repudiation of the previous administration.
For many voters, the Senate’s return to Capitol Hill on Monday marks the first major action since last week’s election, where Democrats won back control of the chamber.
Freshmen orientation welcomed new senators, including Adam Hamilton, a megachurch pastor who flipped a seat in a state that had not elected a Democrat, highlighting a shift in representation.
The Washington Examiner called the midterms the "bluenami," while PBS News said the election "soundly repudiated President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans."
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WATCH LIVE: Senate returns to Capitol Hill days after Democrats win back control
The Senate on Monday is set to take up bipartisan legislation aimed at speeding up permitting reviews for data centers and other infrastructure projects, in the first major action since last week's election that soundly repudiated President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans.
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PICTURED: Talarico, el Sayed, and new Senate Democrats descend on Congress for first time after midterm ‘bluenami’
The fresh faces of the 120th Congress arrived on Capitol Hill on Monday for Senate freshman orientation following Democrats’ takeover of the upper chamber in last week’s midterm elections. Among the incoming senators is Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton (D-KS), the megachurch pastor who flipped a Senate seat in a state that had not elected a Democrat […]
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- The Senate returned to Capitol Hill on Monday.
- The Senate is set to take up bipartisan legislation aimed at speeding up permitting reviews for data centers and other infrastructure projects.
- The Senate's action is the first major action since last week's election.
- Democrats won back control of the Senate in last week's midterm elections.
- PBS News described last week's election as one that "soundly repudiated President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans."
- Freshmen of the 120th Congress arrived on Capitol Hill on Monday for Senate freshman orientation, per the Washington Examiner.
- Senator-elect Adam Hamilton (D-KS) is among the incoming senators, according to the Washington Examiner.
- Adam Hamilton, described as a megachurch pastor, flipped a Senate seat in a state that had not elected a Democrat, per the Washington Examiner.
- The 120th Congress is convening.
- The events took place at the Capitol in Washington.
- The events occurred on Monday, following last week's midterm elections.
- The Washington Examiner referred to the midterm elections as the "bluenami."
- Talarico and el Sayed are named by the Washington Examiner as among the new Senate Democrats arriving in Congress.
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