Landrieu and Snowe to make history in next Congress

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Landrieu and Snowe to make history in next Congress
Posted: 04:40 PM ET

From CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart


Sen. Olympia Snowe, pictured, will make history with fellow Sen. Mary Landrieu when they become the first two women to lead a full congressional committee next year.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-New York, may have fallen short of breaking the ultimate glass ceiling in American politics, but two of her fellow female senators will make history next year.

When Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-Louisiana, becomes chair and Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, becomes the ranking member of the Senate’s Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, the two will become the first pair of women to lead a full committee in the House or the Senate

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