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As 111th Senate Is Set to Begin, Four Seats Still Up in Air

 

Published 1/3/2009 by Paul Kane at Wash Post In Congress

As the gavel quietly fell yesterday on the final session of the 110th Senate, officials in several states sought to cut through the confusion surrounding a quartet of chamber seats whose future occupants remain undetermined amid succession fights and election recount disputes. (link)

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