Sources tell NBC News “that Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown could be installed as Massachusetts’ junior senator as early as tomorrow afternoon.”
Previously, Brown was expected to take the oath one week later, on Feb. 11.
Today, Brown’s legal counsel sent a letter to Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Secretary of State William Galvin asking that the certification of his election be completed by tomorrow morning. The letter indicates that Brown has been advised there are a "a number of votes scheduled" before the original swearing in date.
Update: According to the Boston Globe, Governor Deval Patrick (D) is “planning to certify the results tomorrow at 9:30 a.m., which would then allow Brown to travel to Washington for the swearing-in.”
No Democratic officials have yet confirmed if he will be seated tomorrow or if Vice President Joe Biden is available to swear Mr. Brown in.
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Congress in Your Pocket
There were so many people talking about Scott Brown on Twitter that it was one of the top trending topics for a while – check out the video at http://www.joshrimer.com/scott-brown-arealwifey-cadbury/ to see some of the more entertaining ones in a funny video. :-)
So Harry Reid is out of excuses now. And to the morons who say the lack of “bi-partisanship” is the GOP’s fault, what do you say about a Republican having to wait 23 days to be seated, while the last Democrat in this seat (also seated by special election) was sworn in the following day?