Barbara Mikulski spent a lot of time in Senate room 115 during her time in Congress, and now she’s not leaving.
A new wooden sign hangs by the door, bearing her name in golden letters. Not far away is another newly christened room, this one honoring the woman she eclipsed as the longest-serving female senator.
These two spaces, the Barbara Mikulski room and the Margaret Chase Smith room, are the first named for female senators at the Capitol.
