Sen. Murray becomes first woman to cast 10,000 votes in the Senate. Only 32 other senators — all men — have passed that same milestone.
Her 10,000th vote was over an amendment to
that would reauthorize appropriations for the U.S. Fire Administration and grant programs for firefighting equipment and for hiring firefighters and first responders.Murray, who became Washington's first female U.S. senator in 1993, also became the Senate's first earlier this year, making her third in the line of presidential succession after Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy .
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