He's the oldest person to be newly elected to the upper chamber, he's praising Mitch McConnell and he's cooking his wife's salmon recipe for Sens. John Fetterman and Katie Britt.
At 76, he’s the oldest person ever first elected to the upper chamber. And when the longtime former House member sat for a recent interview, rather than rehearse Democratic talking points, he went out of his way to praise the other party’s leader.
Before Welch was elected to succeed close friend and retiring Senate president pro tempore Patrick Leahy, he served in the House for more than a decade — occupying the seat Bernie Sanders held before becoming a senator. And Welch has struck up a surprising bipartisan friendship with Sen. Katie Britt , continuing the close relationship of their two predecessors, who had helped steer the Senate through plenty of politically rocky spending battles.
When Welch and Fetterman first met during orientation for incoming members of Congress, they promptly“Mine was ,” Welch said of the hoodie he gifted Fetterman, who’s known for donning sweatshirts. “And his was the Pittsburgh Steelers.” “He’s the nicest dude in D.C.,” Fetterman said of Welch in an interview in the Pennsylvanian’s office, conducted with the help of a tablet given the auditory processing challenges of his stroke recovery.
Before Welch became a member of the House, he served in the Vermont Senate since 1980, becoming the first Democratic Senate president in the history of the rural state — which has its own odd microcosm of politics, with both hyperliberal Sanders and Republican Gov. Phil Scott elected statewide. While the “career politician” label has been lobbed Welch’s way, including from his opponents for the Senate seat, he’s shrugged off the attack, responding he’s always served Vermonters’ interest.
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