U.S. senator, R-La., co-sponsor of the PROMISE Act, leaving office in January
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AARP's survey of people who voted on Tuesday finds that older voters in both parties want Social Security protected from cuts. Congress returns Monday with the program's 2032 shortfall still unsolved and a fast-track bill that AARP opposes still waiting in the Senate.
A wave of Democratic physicians, including South Carolina's Dr. Annie Andrews, won House and Senate seats, giving the party new voices on health care as it prepares to take control of Congress in January.
Rep. Julia Letlow defeated Democrat Jamie Davis by just under 2 percentage points to replace retiring Sen. Bill Cassidy, becoming the first Republican woman to represent Louisiana in the Senate.
