31.   Schumer was one of eight new senators, four Democrats and four Republicans, sworn in to Congress on Wednesday.

32.   She has already ordered stationery for the new Kansas senator.

33.   Since then, new senators and new House members have come to Washington.

34.   So Hillary is the new senator from New York.

35.   That is apparently what happened this year with two new senators, Max Cleland of Georgia and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana.

36.   The new senators then helped to force the Senate ethics process that led to the resignation of Sen. Bob Packwood on sexual harassment charges.

37.   The new senator said he did not believe that Giuliani was necessarily as a fearsome political force as many Democrats have suggested.

38.   The new senators also may learn of their committee assignments sometime during the two-day orientation.

39.   There also would be two new Hispanic senators and several Hispanic House members.