tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/31/2008
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It now looks like the Senate GOP could end up trying to block the seating of Al Franken, assuming he is declared the winner next week in the Minnesota recount. NRSC chairman John Cornyn put out a statement accusing the Franken campaign of falsely declaring victory, and denouncing the idea of ...
thehill.com - 1/2/2009
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thehill.com —
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) threatened Friday to filibuster
any attempt to seat Democratic Minnesota Senate candidate Al...
Franken next week. The newly minted National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) chairman said he had not whipped votes in the ...
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Cornyn promises filibuster on Franken seating
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/31/2008
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com —
Al Franken could be declared the winner of
the Minnesota recount as soon as Monday, but due...
to the peculiarities of Minnesota election law, Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) could keep the seat bottled up in the courts for weeks or even months before a ...
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Minnesota Recount Almost Over -- But Coleman Could Keep ...
firedoglake.com - 1/2/2009
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firedoglake.com —
Over at Swampland, K-Tum has the inside scoop
on how the Democrats plan to keep Burris from...
being sworn in: The first thing the Senate leadership plans to do is to demand, under Rule 2 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a certificate ...
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Cornyn Uses Reid’s Burris Tactics to Refuse Seating Franken
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Hullabaloo —
... and claim that the election is tainted as he moves into what will certainly be a contested election and a series of lawsuits. Funny, I don't hear anyone, inside or outside of Minnesota, saying that the election is over and the state needs time to heal, and for the sake of comity and bipartisanship Coleman needs to step aside. In fact, Senate Republicans are making every effort to block Franken from being seated, and using zombie lies to do it. ...
Conservatives Preparing For Coleman Defeat
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Others on the right are not ready to accept defeat. National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair John Cornyn released a statement on Tuesday indicating that some GOP senators would resist seating Franken before the courts have their say, even if the Democratic challenger is declared the winner of the recount. "I expect the Senate would have a problem seating a candidate who has not duly won an election," Cornyn claimed. ...
Conservatives Preparing For Coleman Defeat
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... Others on the right are not ready to accept defeat. National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair John Cornyn released a statement on Tuesday indicating that some GOP senators would resist seating Franken before the courts have their say, even if the Democratic challenger is declared the winner of the recount. "I expect the Senate would have a problem seating a candidate who has not duly won an election," Cornyn claimed. ...
Wednesday's campaign round-up
Political Animal —
... " in Minnesota. * There's been some talk about seating Franken before Norm Coleman's lawsuits have been completed, but NRSC chairman John Cornyn (R-Texas) denounced the idea yesterday and vowed to fight any such move. * In the meantime, Coleman's efforts are becoming ...
alicublog —
... over the seating of a maybe-Senator, Al Franken in this case. You can observe the Republican message discipline at work in TPM's analysis: the Franken team's expression of ...
Did the Wall Street Jorunal Fire their Fact-Checkers?
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... But it doesn't contradict Congressional precedent, as the Congress generally has seated provisional winners while challenges were taking place, including Republican Representative Vern Buchanan in 2007 and Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu in 1997. ...
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Cornyn Says It Again: Senate GOP Will Block The Seating Of Al Franken
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/4/2009 — Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), who heads up the National Republican Senatorial Committee, has restated his position that the Senate Republicans will oppose seating Al Franken on a provisional basis during the expected litigation that will come after the ...
Franken-Coleman Recount Update: Will Harry Seat Norman? —
Firedoglake
Here's the big question: With Al Franken the certain , though not yet certified, winner of the Minnesota Senate race, and with Box Turtle John Cornyn threatening to huff and puff if Al's allowed to be seated with his fellow Senators on Tuesday, will Harry Reid be as tough-minded against Norm ...
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When the newly appointed Senator-designate from Illinois, Roland Burris (D), reports to Washington next Tuesday, majority Democrats will refuse to seat him . Lacking clear Constitutional authority to block Burris from taking his seat, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has devised a plan ...
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TheHill.com - Cornyn promises filibuster on Franken seating
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) threatened Friday to filibuster any attempt to seat Democratic Minnesota Senate candidate Al Franken next week.
The newly minted National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) chairman said he had not ...
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