Scott Brown (R-MA) to be Sworn In Tomorrow
Staff | Feb 03, 2010 | 0 comments
Sen.-elect Scott Brown (R), the successor to the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), will be sworn in to office Thursday afternoon, giving Republicans 41 seats in the upper chamber.
“Once we get his certificate, we expect to swear him in tomorrow afternoon as early as 5 o’clock, which is earlier than he suggested,” said Jim Manley, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), in an interview Wednesday.
A senior GOP aide said he expected Brown to be sworn in around 5 p.m. on Thursday although a precise time has not yet been set.
Brown’s entry into the Senate marks the formal end of the Democrats’ filibuster-proof Senate majority.
Source: The Hill
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