Kamala Harris will resign from the Senate on Monday | The State
Kamala Harris arriving in the Senate on Tuesday.
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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will resign from the United States Senate on Monday.
The first woman to become vice president of the United States has already started the process that notifies the governor of California Gavin newsom on his resignation from the Upper House. Harris will make the formal announcement Monday.
Harris will assume his new role on Wednesday, January 20. Your oath will be taken by the Supreme Court judge Sonia Sotomayor, in an act that is very symbolic for the country’s ethnic minorities.
Harris’ replacement in the Senate
Harris’ resignation is a formal process. A few weeks ago it was known that Alex padilla, current California Secretary of State, will take the seat at the US Senate until the end of the term in 2022.
Padilla will be the first Latino to represent California in the Senate.
Harris is the first woman to serve as vice president and the first person of black and Asian descent in that office. In her role as vice president, she will continue with work in the Senate since the constitution says that the vice president of the nation is the President of the Senate. Harris will be the tiebreaker vote when bills are voted on. Democrats and Republicans were left with 50 seats in the Upper House after the Georgia elections.
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