and according to economic policy journal dot com it is paul strauss as the nine of voting united states senator from the district of columbia he can do no harm so who is paul strauss he is the us shadow senator from d.c. he does not have voting rights in congress he does not have a coveted office in one of the three senate office buildings no word as they serve on any committees instead he spends his time lobbying congress to admit the district to the union as the fifty first state and hears you refute these claims that he is the best senator because he can't vote is the man himself a shadow senator strauss now mr strauss you said that you were flattered to be named the best senator in the united states even if it was kind of a joke by you p.j. what was your reaction when you found out well as excited as i was to find it a columnist with a sense of you or i had to demand it to be. very very hard to find so it was i did get a kick out of it especially because when i clicked on the link i had no idea that i was actually even being considered let alone going to win such a coveted title wha