The Senate’s incoming Democratic class posed for its first group photo with Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday, as the newly elected senators arrived on Capitol Hill for freshman orientation, six days after the midterm elections reshaped the chamber. The class photo is a Washington ritual, taken in one of the Capitol’s ceremonial rooms at the start of a week of orientation briefings, office assignments and leadership organizing. The senators-elect take office when the new Congress convenes in January.
The photo op brought together the Democrats elected on November 3, a class that flipped the chamber’s balance and now gives Schumer the majority for the new Congress. Orientation week covers everything from ethics rules to committee assignments before the real organizing votes begin. C-SPAN cameras recorded the brief session as the group arranged itself for the official photograph.
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