Murray becomes first female president pro tempore in Senate When Washington Sen. Patty Murray was elected to the Senate in 1992, she says, male senators treated
WASHINGTON (AP) When Washington Sen. Patty Murray was elected to the Senate in 1992, she says, male senators treated her with some trepidation. But now she has outlasted almost all of them, becoming the first woman appointed president pro tempore a senior member of the majority who presides over the Senate and is third in line to the presidency.
In the Senate, Mitch McConnell became the longest serving Senate leader in history. Meanwhile, the House failed to elect a speaker in a single ballot, the first time in a century.