Sen. Ted Kaufman, D-Del., with wife Lynne, and Vice President Dick Cheney during a mock swearing in, in the Old Senate Chamber, after the real thing...
{"Image ImageDescription": "WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 16: Sen. Ted Kaufman, D-Del., with wife Lynne, and Vice President Dick Cheney during a mock swearing in, in the Old Senate Chamber, after the real thing on the Senate floor. Kaufman, a longtime adviser to Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., was sworn in Friday as the junior senator from Delaware, a post he will hold until a special election in the year 2010. Kaufman, 69, succeeds Biden (1973-2009), who resigned Thursday. Biden was elected in November to both a seventh term as a U.S. senator and as vice president.(Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "2009 Congressional Quarterly"}