Freshman class of Senate Democrats

WAP2000120605 - 06 DECEMBER 2000 - WASHINGTON, DC, USA: From left, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD), Sen.-elect Bill Nelson (D-FL), Sen.-elect Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Sen. elect Jean Carnahan (D-MO), Sen. elect Ben Nelson (D-NE), Sen.-elect Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Sen.-elect Jon Corzine (D-NJ), and Sen.-elect Thomas Carper (D-DE) attend a press conference for the freshmen class of Senate Democrats at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on December 6, 2000. bc/Bill Clark UPI

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