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(4 years ago)Three American senators visited Kosovo today, at the time Russia is conquering Ukraine and when concerns are rising about a conflict in the Western Balkans as well. Their visit to Kosovo comes after their stay for official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. But who are these American senators? Periscop brought them a [...]
Christopher Scott Murphy He is an American lawyer, author and politician who now serves as the new United States senator from Connecticut since 2013.
Murphy is Democratic Party Memberand, he served earlier in the United States House of Representatives, representing the 5th District of Congress of Connecticut from 2007 to 2013. Before being elected to Congress, Murphy was a member of the two chambers of the General Assembly of Connecticut, serving on each of the two mandates in the Chamber of Representatives of Connecticut (1999 2003) and the Connecticut Senate (200350 2007).
Murphy ran for the US Senate in 2012, after current President Joe Lieberman announced in January 2011 that he would withdraw from politics instead of demanding a fifth term in office. He defeated former Connecticut State Secretary Susan Bysiewiz in the preliminary Democratic elections and then beat Republican candidate Linda McMahon in the general election. At the age of 39, Murphy was the youngest senator of the 113 Congress.
Thomas Roland serves as a United States senator from North Carolina since 2015. He belongs to the party. Republican, was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2006 and began serving as chairman in 2011. He was elected to the United States Senate in 2014.
As head of the North Carolina House of Representatives, Tillis led republican efforts to block the expansion of Medicaid and worked to introduce restrictions on abortion, strict voting requirements, and a constitutional amendment banning same - sex marriages. In the Senate, he has repeatedly voted to abolish the Court of Confrontable Care; he introduced a bill meant to protect coverage of existing conditions, but was undermined and failed to comply with AKK protection.
Cynthia Jeanne Shaheen She is a retired professor who serves as a senior United States senator from New Hampshire since 2009. A Member of Democratic PartyShe's the first American female Senator in the history of New Hampshire, the first female elected governor of New Hampshire and the first woman elected as U.S. governor and senator.
After serving two mandates in the New Hampshire Senate, Shaheen was elected governor in 1996 and re-elected in 1998 and 2000. In 2002, she ran for the United States Senate without success against Republican candidate John E. Sununu. She served as director of the Harvard Policy Institute before resigning to run again for the US Senate in the 2008 elections, beating Sunun in a row. She is a dean of the New Hampshire Congress delegation, serving in Congress since 2009./Periscopi/
