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    Many farewell speeches, one message: Senate must learn to cooperate

    Dec 14, 2018 4 minutes
    Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D) of North Dakota meets with a young constituent on Dec. 11. The girl gave her a photo book of her advocacy for the senator, who lost her reelection campaign. ‘This is the best present I ever got,’ Senator Heitkamp told her young advocate.

    Coming off the Senate floor on Tuesday, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota met with a young constituent. The girl, dressed in holiday red, gave the senator a little book with photos that showed how she advocated for the Democrat, who lost her reelection bid in November.

    As the two sat side by side in the chandeliered anteroom, Senator Heitkamp slowly turning the pages of her gift, the lawmaker began to tear up. Pressing the book to her heart, she told the girl, “This is the best present I ever got – besides my children!”

    It’s an emotional time in the Senate, as those who won’t be returning say

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