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Who holds GOP's top Senate spot?
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| Contributor | J.R. |
| Last Edited | J.R. Apr 23, 2010 09:40pm |
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| News Date | Friday, September 18, 2009 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, contends he is "the most senior Republican" in the Senate. But Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., says, whoa, he is really No. 1.
The flap doesn't matter much beyond bragging rights — unless Republicans regain the majority in the Senate. Then the senior Republican normally becomes the Senate president pro tempore, third in line to the presidency behind the vice president and speaker of the House.
Naturally, both Hatch and Lugar say the other is wrong, and proudly post their claims to the top spot on their Web sites. Lugar's office even provided the Deseret News copies of some old Hatch Web postings where he listed his seniority as behind Lugar, and says Hatch changed his tune as the pair neared the top of the heap.
It all came to a head this week when the Washington Post ran a political quiz that included asking readers who is the most senior Republican senator. The paper listed the answer as Lugar, according to the 2010 Almanac of American Politics.
Post columnist Al Kamen said an assistant press secretary for Hatch, Andrea Saul, e-mailed that newspaper seeking a correction. "Sen. Hatch is actually the longest-serving GOP senator," she wrote. "You can even see that he is in the first GOP seat" in pictures of the Senate, she added as proof. |
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