A Senator Takes Office, Departure Already in Sight By - January 29, 2009 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp After working as Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s chief of staff and then a consultant and law professor, Edward E. Kaufman has returned to Washington to fill the Senate seat vacated by the vice president. Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInEmailPrintLike this:Like Loading... Related RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR FUBAR Pending Mueller report puts Barr under spotlight Hal Brown Dershowitz: 25th can be used when president is psychiatrically incapacitated. Doug Thompson Hate continues to increase in America