Sen.-elect Kay Hagan has some reading to do.
While in Washington for three days of training this week, the Greensboro Democrat was given a list by the chief clerk of the Senate of good reading for new senators.
Though a staffer volunteered to get all the books on the two-page list, Hagan demurred, saying she wouldn't have time to read them all yet. But she said she intends to work her way through a number of books on the list eventually.
One book that she already has was given to her by a fellow senator.
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat, gave Hagan a copy of "Nine and Counting," a 2000 book about the then-nine women serving in the U.S. Senate.
"That would be airplane reading," joked Hagan.
Of course, the book might be due for a new edition. With Hagan taking Sen. Elizabeth Dole's place and Sen.-elect Jeanne Shaheen taking office, the number of female senators will soon be up to 17.
