Incoming U.S. House and U.S. Senate members were in Washington today for freshman orientation . . . minus Missouri's Claire McCaskill.
More than 50 incoming House freshmen spent the day in meetings focused not on big legislative items or the Iraq war but rather on office logistics — everything from budgets to security to ethics, according to this Associated Press report.
"In the Senate, a 10-person freshman class of eight Democrats, one Republican and Democratic-leaning Independent Bernard Sanders of Vermont also began orientation."
"Tester later appeared with his fellow Democratic freshmen — minus Missouri's Claire McCaskill, who is on a post-election vacation with her husband. They met with incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., who led the Senate Democrats' campaign effort and took some ribbing on how tough their individual races had been."
McCaskill always promised her family win or lose, she would spend some downtime with her family after the election. Meanwhile, back in St. Louis, a transition team is working on hiring Senate staff.
The location of McCaskill's vacation? So far, it's undisclosed.
1 comment:
I understand the need for McCaskill to vacation and spend quality time with her family. I just hope that her skipping something important (her orientation) will not become common practice for her now that she is our senator.
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