For the second time in four months, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson is a new mother.

The 58-year-old Texas Republican and her husband, Ray Hutchison, adopted 3-month-old Houston Taylor Hutchison about a month ago, spokeswoman Lisette McSoud Mondello said Thursday.

In August, the Hutchisons adopted Katherine Bailey, now about 7 months old.

The boy is named after the senator's great-great-grandfather, Charles S. Taylor, and his good friend Sam Houston.

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Hutchison is one of 162 members of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption, which promotes adoption-related issues and policy. At least 15 have adopted children themselves.

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