Subscribe to one of our news e-mail lists . Wednesday was orientation day for the 11 new members of the Senate, with several Democratic women in the spotlight and party leaders using the occasion to press again for a bipartisan approach to running the chamber in the 107th Congress. During a news conference in the Capitol, Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, third from left, introduces freshmen Democrat Sens.-elect to reporters.
Parties have to find a way to communicate better, to cooperate, to partner.
That's the message of this election. Once they are sworn in next January, the Senate will include 13 women, a record. His death came too close to the election to remove his name from the ballot, and Carnahan subsequently defeated Ashcroft. Missouri's interim governor named Carnahan's wife to the Senate seat he won posthumously. Stabenow said the growing number of women members could make a difference in the legislative tone of a Congress so closely divided.