With Schatz sworn in, a new era is begun

Hawaii’s newest senator is “hitting the ground running” as Congress holds a holiday session to avoid the fiscal cliff

By John Yaukey
Special to the Star-Advertiser

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 28, 2012

~~<p>WASHINGTON » U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz faces a test of fire in his first days in Washington, where he was sworn into office Thursday, having arrived on Air Force One less than 24 hours after being appointed to a seat left vacant by the death of Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii's most powerful politician.</p>
<p>Schatz, 40, will be pulling levers as America's newest senator in a Congress that is meeting in a rare holiday session to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff," a baggage of legislation that would raise taxes for nearly everyone in January and spread federal cuts across the board, most heavily at the Pentagon.</p>
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WASHINGTON » U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz faces a test of fire in his first days in Washington, where he was sworn into office Thursday, having arrived on Air Force One less than 24 hours after being appointed to a seat left vacant by the death of Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii's most powerful politician.

Schatz, 40, will be pulling levers as America's newest senator in a Congress that is meeting in a rare holiday session to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff," a baggage of legislation that would raise taxes for nearly everyone in January and spread federal cuts across the board, most heavily at the Pentagon. Login for more...