Laphonza Butler is sworn in the first Black woman in the Senate

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VP Kamala Harris swears in Laphonza Butler (D) as California’s new senator. The seat became open after the death of Dianne Feinstein last week. Butler’s seating makes her the only Black woman in the Senate and brings the number of Black senators to four, an all-time high.