Was that Steny Hoyer standing behind Senators?

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Is it just someone who looks like him? Is that some sort of tradition?

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1. he was a sponsor of someone

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2. Forgive my ignorance

but what does that mean?

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3. it's when someone shows the new guy the way.

In the case of the returning senators, each person gets to have one other senator with them. It is often a committee leader or other senior member from their party.

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4. Steny Hoyer is in the house.

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5. I think that the question was in reference to the senate swearing in ceremony

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6. but Hoyer is in the house right now, i don't think he can run that fast from

one chamber to another. I could be wrong.

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7. All these old white guys look the same to me