Elizabeth Warren will now be the Senior Senator from Massachusetts.

[onehandle]

It took Warren 26 days compared to 24 years for Kerry @joshtpm RT @igorbobic: Elizabeth Warren, the senior senator from Massachusetts.

https://twitter.com/GregAnrig/status/296377394065965056

[Mass]

1. Friday. Kerry is still senator until Friday.

We'll know tomorrow who the interim senator is.

[onehandle]

4. Updated my subject line. nt

[demwing]

5. Barney Frank

I'll betcha a Coke...

[tavalon]

9. He's already said he wants the interim,

but I didn't think he wanted more. I do hope that if he wants it, the fine people of Connecticut will see to it that he gets it.

[Mass]

10. He does not want it. But Markey is great...

[tavalon]

15. I don't know Markey but I'll research him.

[geckosfeet]

19. I suspect so...

[demwing]

21. I didn't say he wanted more

Or anything about the SE

[karynnj]

22. Connecticut??

Also the Governor of Massachusetts picks the interim.

[demwing]

25. yeah saw that too

Made me go Google Frank to see if he had just recently moved

[longship]

2. Kudos to the both of them!

I only hope MA does the right thing and selects a Senator who respects their heritage.

But, I love what this says.

[Rider3]

3. Warms my heart!

[sheshe2]

6. Warren and Kerry

Will be making us proud over the next four years...and beyond.

From Massachusetts, Congratulations to you both!

[SCVDem]

7. That's being on the fast track!

I'm very thankful this didn't elevate someone the likes of a West or Goehmert.

Yay Elizabeth!

[tavalon]

8. Ain't that the truth!

What committees is she on now?

[ReRe]

11. The Banking Committee

[Mass]

12. as well as HELP and Aging

http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/politics/massachusetts/12009317470796/sen-elect-warren-tickled-pink-about-assignments/
Warren was appointed Wednesday to the Banking, Aging, and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committees.

Read more: http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/politics/massachusetts/12009317470796/sen-elect-warren-tickled-pink-about-assignments/#ixzz2JPorUgIk

[karynnj]

26. Do you think that she has a chance to get the now free Finance seat?

I know that is a hard committee to get on, but she would be awesome on it - and could not have been assigned to it when Kerry was on it as only one from a state could be there.

[Mass]

28. Probably not. They will most likely go to the new senator.

Just like Kennedy's assignments went to Brown.

[alp227]

13. One is banking. N/t

[tavalon]

14. The one she was born to lead

Does becoming senior Senator allow her to move to chair on that committee? That would be awesome with awesome sauce.

[karynnj]

24. No she is still very low in seniority which is based on how long she was on a committee

Kerry and Rockefeller both were chairs of two of the most important committees, SFRC and Commerce, as junior Senators. Both entered the Senate in 1985 and by 2009, were in their 24th year in the Senate. They were themselves among the most senior, influential Senators - even though Kennedy and Byrd were the senior senators. There were MANY senior senators who were less powerful than Kerry and Rockefeller.

All it does is make her name the first name on announcements of things the Senate does for MA and some other things like having more say on recommending federal justices for MA.

[tavalon]

27. Okay, thanks for the clarification

We have time.

[karynnj]

23. It has no affect on most things in the Senate that go on seniority

It does affect things like picking the people to recommend federal justices - though Kerry allowed Brown some say.

[mucifer]

16. Just 4 years ago Barack Obama was the Junior Senator from Illinois so ya never know

[customerserviceguy]

17. That may be a record

I wonder if there is some easy way to check. If not a record, then it certainly has to be second fastest.

[vlyons]

18. I watched the Kerry vote and cspan1 today

and Sen Warren was standing in the pit talking to other Sens as they walked up to her. She looked right at home.

[aquart]

20. But what does the senior senator get?

Bigger office? Larger washroom key? What?