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“APPOINTMENTS” mentioning Patrick J. Leahy was published in the Senate section on pages S241-S242 on Feb. 2.
Of the 100 senators in 117th Congress, 24 percent were women, and 76 percent were men, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Senators' salaries are historically higher than the median US income.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
APPOINTMENTS
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to the provisions of 20 U.S.C., sections 42 and 43, appoints the following Senators as Members of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, respectively: the Honorable Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont (reappointment) and the Honorable Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada.
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