They Just Don’t Get It

WOMEN HAVE GAINED HARD-WON GROUND IN THE SENATE THIS year, boosting their numbers from two to six. But the Senate clerk’s office is still pretty slow on the uptake. When CAROL MOSELEY BRAUN, the newly elected Senator from Illinois, stopped by to get her photo I.D., her picture was snapped and for some reason she was handed a card emblazoned SPOUSE. The amused Senator handed it back, murmuring “Try again.”