Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced via Twitter that he will officially swear in Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) as president pro tempore of the Senate, the distinction given to the most senior member of the chamber’s majority party that was previously held by the late Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI), at 11:30 a.m. EST today.
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