Kamala Harris to resign Senate seat Monday

[DonViejo]

Source: CNN


Jasmine Wright
By Jasmine Wright, CNN

Updated 8:03 AM ET, Sun January 17, 2021

(CNN) - Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will officially resign Monday from her US Senate seat, ending her four-year Senate career, according to a Harris aide. The move comes two days before she's inaugurated on Wednesday, making history as the first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president.

Aides say Harris has already started the process of her resignation, having notified California Gov. Gavin Newsom of her intent and sent her formal indications that she'll be resigning Monday. Harris will not give a farewell speech on the Senate floor, due to the schedule.

Harris won her seat in November 2016 and was sworn in January 2017. At the time, Harris was California's attorney general.

Newsom has already named Alex Padilla, California's secretary of state, to fill Harris' seat. In a press call, he told reporters he would likely be sworn in himself on Wednesday.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/17/politics/kamala-harris-resigns-senate/index.html

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1. Could McConnell pull some crap and refuse to seat the three Senators?

[still_one]

5. On what grounds? As long as they meet the Constitutional requirements of age, citizenship, etc

they cannot refuse to seat a Senator

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2. Awesome

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3. Quite the resume ...only on or two more spots to go ... she could do both POTUS & SCOTUS

Kamala Devi Harris (/ˈkɑːmələ/ KAH-mə-lə;[2][3] born October 20, 1964) is an American attorney and politician who is the vice president-elect of the United States and the junior United States senator from California. Prior to her election to the Senate, she served as the attorney general of California.

A member of the Democratic Party, she will become vice president upon inauguration on January 20, 2021, alongside President-elect Joe Biden, having defeated the incumbent president, Donald Trump, and vice president, Mike Pence, in the 2020 election. She will be the United States' first female vice president, the highest-ranking female elected official in U.S. history, and the first African American and first Asian American vice president.[4][5]

Born in Oakland, California, Harris graduated from Howard University and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She began her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, before being recruited to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office and later the City Attorney of San Francisco's office. In 2003, she was elected district attorney of San Francisco. She was elected Attorney General of California in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. Harris has served as the junior United States senator from California since 2017. Harris defeated Loretta Sanchez in the 2016 Senate election to become the second African American woman and the first South Asian American to serve in the United States Senate.[6][7] As a senator, she has advocated healthcare reform, federal de-scheduling of cannabis, a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, the DREAM Act, a ban on assault weapons, and progressive tax reform. She gained a national profile for her pointed questioning of Trump administration officials during Senate hearings, including Trump's second Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault.[8]

Harris sought the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, but dropped out of the race prior to the primaries.[9] Former vice president Joe Biden selected Harris as his running mate in August 2020, and the Biden–Harris ticket won the November 2020 election.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris

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4. If She Resigns On Monday, Padilla Should Be Sworn In On Tuesday

Or even on Monday, as soon as the seat is vacant. Don't let Mitch have the opportunity to pull a fast one in the interim.

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6. +++

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7. Or right after her on Monday.

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8. A smooth transition

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9. Think

she should wait until Tuesday.