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January 4, 2023

Patty Murray Becomes First Female Senate President Pro Tempore
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On Capitol Hill, Senator Patty Murray made history Tuesday by becoming
the first woman to serve as Senate president pro tempore. This now puts
her third in the line of presidential succession, after the vice
president and the speaker of the House.


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