Senator Barbara Mikulski, Longest-Serving Congresswoman in History, to Retire

Senator Barbara Mikulski , the longest serving Congresswoman in U.S. history, will retire from the Senate after five terms, the Washington Post reports : Mikulski, 78, was the first woman to chair the powerful Appropriations Committee, a post she had to give up this year when the Democrats lost control of the Senate.

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