Wednesday, January 03, 2007

The other chamber...

Much of the focus of this trip has been on U.S. Rep.-elect Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, who, along with the 434 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, will offically be sworn in to office tomorrow. But's he not the only story.

U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman will also be sworn in tomorrow when the Senate convenes. A three-term incumbent, Lieberman begins his fourth six-year term in the Senate after winning re-election in the November mid-term elections - as an independent. He lost the Democratic nomination in a bitterly contested Democratic primary to Greenwich businessman Ned Lamont, but easily won the general election in November running as a petitioning candidate.

Lieberman continues to caucus with Democrats, and now refers to himself as an Independent Democrat. He has retained his seniority and will chair the Senate Homeland Security Committee.

Friends and supporters will join Lieberman and his wife Hadassah following tomorrow's swearing in ceremony for an invitation-only luncheon at the Park Hyatt Hotel.

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