The state’s first African American senator, he first took office early last year, after winning a special election in 2013 to replace the late Frank Lautenberg. ![]() Yesterday marked the beginning of Booker’s first full, six year term in Congress, having won an easy re-election against Republican Jeff Bell in November. He even offered to employ his old bi-partisan colleague, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, in the goodwill endeavor.Īnyone in DC need to be shoveled out? He may preach the gosple of self help but I think I can convince to grab a shovel & help. It wasn’t more than a few hours later that Booker tried to make good on that promise, tweeting to his some 82.4k followers on social media that he would shovel out snow-trapped people in D.C., which was hit yesterday with a bought of snowy weather during the swearing in of the 114th Congress. “My hope is, my intent is, really my mission is to find ways to work with my colleagues to actually get things done.” ![]() “I don’t want to live in fear, but I don’t want to descend into partisan gridlock again,” Booker, sounding what has become something of a trademark message of his, said. Speaking to a gaggle of press, he said he’d reach across the aisle to “find ways to work” with both Republican and Democrats on issues facing his state and the country. ![]() Before being sworn in to his first full term on Capitol Hill yesterday, Booker talked about his plans for the next two year’s in office, saying he fears Washington - with a new Republican majority - could descend in gridlock again, and that he plans to prevent it from happening.
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