WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Sen. Pat Leahy of Vermont has been sworn in as president pro tempore of the Senate.
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As the longest-serving Democrat now in the Senate, Leahy moves to third place in the line of presidential succession, behind Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner
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Biden swore Leahy in Tuesday as the successor to Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye in the Senate post. Inouye, who also chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee, died Monday at age 88. A vase of white roses was on Inouye's desk on the Senate floor.
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Leahy also is in line to succeed Inouye as chairman of the appropriations panel. The 72-year-old Leahy currently is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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