{"id":3196,"date":"2010-02-03T15:19:50","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T20:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=3196"},"modified":"2010-02-03T15:20:06","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T20:20:06","slug":"massachusetts-senator-elect-scott-brown-asks-to-be-seated-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/03\/massachusetts-senator-elect-scott-brown-asks-to-be-seated-immediately\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Senator-elect Scott Brown Asks to be Seated Immediately"},"content":{"rendered":"

From The Washington Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Massachusetts Sen.-elect Scott Brown on Wednesday demanded to be seated immediately, saying that while he is scheduled to be sworn in Feb. 11, “there are a number of votes scheduled prior to that date.”<\/p>\n

In a letter from his lawyers to Gov. Deval Patrick and Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin, Mr. Brown argues that the results of the special election in Massachusetts on Jan. 19 are not in doubt and he should be able to take the seat right away.<\/p>\n

“We represent Senator-elect Scott Brown. We understand that the election returns from Massachusetts cities and towns were transmitted this morning to the State Secretary’s Office and by the State Secretary to the Governor’s Office. While Senator-elect Brown had tentatively planned to be sworn into office February 11, he has been advised that there are a number of votes scheduled prior to that date, For that reason, he wants certification to occur immediately. As he is the duly elected United States Senator from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, he is entitled to be seated now.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don’t see where there’s any reason for controversy or delay here, Scott Brown is the duly elected Senator from Massachusetts he sworn in as soon as the election results are certified. The only real question is why is Democratic seat warmer Paul Kirk still casting votes in the Senate when it would seem his term ended<\/a> with Mr. Brown’s election?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From The Washington Times: Massachusetts Sen.-elect Scott Brown on Wednesday demanded to be seated immediately, saying that while he is scheduled to be sworn in Feb. 11, “there are a number of votes scheduled prior to that date.” In a letter from his lawyers to Gov. Deval Patrick and Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[810,955,185,959],"class_list":{"0":"post-3196","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"tag-massachusetts","8":"tag-scott-brown","9":"tag-senate","10":"tag-special-election","11":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-Py","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3185,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/19\/massachusetts-miracle-scott-browns-wins\/","url_meta":{"origin":3196,"position":0},"title":"Massachusetts Miracle: Scott Brown Wins!","author":"Jeff","date":"January 19, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I have to confess I haven't paid close attention to the special election in Massachusetts to fill the senate seat formerly held by Ted Kennedy... 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