History Made: US Senator Brings 'first Baby' For Confirmation Vote

A little history was made in Washington, little in the form of a newborn who became the first baby ever to appear on the floor of the US Senate during a vote.

ISLAMABAD, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Apr, 2018 ) :A little history was made in Washington, little in the form of a newborn who became the first baby ever to appear on the floor of the US Senate during a vote.

According to a private news channel, a swaddled 11-day-old Maile Pearl Bowlsbey arrived on the floor of the chamber carried by her mother, Senator Tammy Duckworth, as the Illinois Democrat came to vote on President Donald Trump's nominee to become head of the NASA space agency.

The historic mother-daughter arrival was made possible by a change in Senate rules, enabling young children of senators to be brought onto the floor of the chamber during votes.

Duckworth, an Iraq war veteran who lost both her legs and partial use of her right arm when her helicopter was shot down during combat in 2004, was greeted with applause in the normally staid Senate as she and Maile were wheeled into the chamber.

Duckworth flashed a "thumbs-down" to the Senate clerk to record her vote and then was rushed by fellow senators - Republicans and Democrats- eager for a glance at the chamber's "first baby".