{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"A Citizen&#039;s Guide to Indiana","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.masson.us\/blog","author_name":"Doug Masson","author_url":"https:\/\/www.masson.us\/blog\/author\/dougmasson\/","title":"Lugar v. Hatch: Senate Seniority - A Citizen&#039;s Guide to Indiana","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2Wip4PRdns\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masson.us\/blog\/lugar-v-hatch-senate-seniority\/\">Lugar v. Hatch: Senate Seniority<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masson.us\/blog\/lugar-v-hatch-senate-seniority\/embed\/#?secret=2Wip4PRdns\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Lugar v. Hatch: Senate Seniority&#8221; &#8212; A Citizen&#039;s Guide to Indiana\" data-secret=\"2Wip4PRdns\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.masson.us\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"Probably this is of little practical consequence, but there was a mildly interesting article from the Washington Post (appearing in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) on whether Richard Lugar or Orrin Hatch is the most senior Republican in the U.S. Senate. The two were sworn into the Senate on the same day (January 3, 1977). [&hellip;]"}