Democrats float to top of dome

On a richly colored autumn afternoon, the Capitol was all abuzz, and I went forth expecting the breaking news of the day to be on the House side, with Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth’s impeachment vote. Pete escaped the scythe of impeachment 211-204, with the outgoing House Republican majority saving his neck. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and 10 other Democrats missed the vote. Few in the House are happy with the war in Iran, so he may face another date with fate in 2027, when a massive Democratic majority comes to town with close to 260 members, compared to 165 Republicans. (Some races are still undecided.) On the Senate side, Democrats looked ready to float to the top of the Capitol dome’s Italian fresco murals. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York could not stop smiling the whole day through, walking with several of the senators-elect that arrived for orientation. Count them: Eleven new faces graced the halls by the Ohio Clock, a symbol of the Senate.

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