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Am I alone in thinking that adding the historical rank of Senators is completely irrelevant to the point of the table. Furthermore putting it in the first column gives it way too much prominence and looks confusing Conservative Thinker ( talk) 15:06, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
Current rank |
Historical rank [1] |
Senator | Seniority date | First tie-breaker | Second tie-breaker | Committee and leadership positions |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1692 | Patrick Leahy (D-VT) | January 3, 1975 | Ranking Member: Judiciary | ||
2 | 1708 | Orrin Hatch (R-UT) | January 3, 1977 |
President pro tempore Chairman: Finance | ||
3 | 1719 | Thad Cochran (R-MS) | December 27, 1978 [n 1] | Chairman: Appropriations | ||
4 | 1745 | Chuck Grassley (R-IA) | January 3, 1981 | Chairman: Judiciary | ||
5 | 1766 | Mitch McConnell (R-KY) | January 3, 1985 | Majority Leader | ||
6 | 1773 | Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) | January 3, 1987 | Former Representative (10 years) | Ranking Member: Appropriations | |
7 | 1775 | Richard Shelby (R [n 2]-AL) | Former Representative (8 years) | Chairman: Banking |
References
Personally I would remove it altogether as I consider it irrelevant to the table. If however, others want to keep it I would suggest that it should be the last column but if not the change suggested above with it being the second column is a distinct improvement. Conservative Thinker ( talk) 23:43, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
Luther Strange remains in office until his successor is sworn in, not when the polls close in Alabama. Al Franken is resigning, but the effective date has not been announced. Neither of their listings should change until circumstances actually change.
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17:54, 7 December 2017 (UTC)
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![]() | This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Am I alone in thinking that adding the historical rank of Senators is completely irrelevant to the point of the table. Furthermore putting it in the first column gives it way too much prominence and looks confusing Conservative Thinker ( talk) 15:06, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
Current rank |
Historical rank [1] |
Senator | Seniority date | First tie-breaker | Second tie-breaker | Committee and leadership positions |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1692 | Patrick Leahy (D-VT) | January 3, 1975 | Ranking Member: Judiciary | ||
2 | 1708 | Orrin Hatch (R-UT) | January 3, 1977 |
President pro tempore Chairman: Finance | ||
3 | 1719 | Thad Cochran (R-MS) | December 27, 1978 [n 1] | Chairman: Appropriations | ||
4 | 1745 | Chuck Grassley (R-IA) | January 3, 1981 | Chairman: Judiciary | ||
5 | 1766 | Mitch McConnell (R-KY) | January 3, 1985 | Majority Leader | ||
6 | 1773 | Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) | January 3, 1987 | Former Representative (10 years) | Ranking Member: Appropriations | |
7 | 1775 | Richard Shelby (R [n 2]-AL) | Former Representative (8 years) | Chairman: Banking |
References
Personally I would remove it altogether as I consider it irrelevant to the table. If however, others want to keep it I would suggest that it should be the last column but if not the change suggested above with it being the second column is a distinct improvement. Conservative Thinker ( talk) 23:43, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
Luther Strange remains in office until his successor is sworn in, not when the polls close in Alabama. Al Franken is resigning, but the effective date has not been announced. Neither of their listings should change until circumstances actually change.
JTRH (
talk)
17:54, 7 December 2017 (UTC)
Cite error: There are <ref group=n>
tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=n}}
template (see the
help page).