Brown Wants To Be Sworn In Tomorrow
Update: Patrick comm. dir. Kyle Sullivan, in a statement this p.m.: "As the Lieutenant Governor stated earlier today, the Governor will convene the Governor's Council at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow morning and certify the results. This will ensure that Senator-elect Brown's request to receive the final paperwork by 11:00 a.m. tomorrow is fulfilled." A Senate GOP leadership told Hotline OnCall that if Patrick signs the certificate in the a.m., Brown's swearing in could take place at 5 pm tomorrow.
Sen.-elect Scott Brown (R-MA) may be coming to Washington sooner than expected.
Brown had originally planned to be sworn in next Thurs., 2/11, at 12:45 pm. But according to a letter from his campaign, he may seek to be sworn in as early as tomorrow.
Brown campaign counsel Daniel Winslow delivered a letter today to MA Gov. Deval Patrick (D) and MA Sec/State William Galvin (D) requesting that the MA SEN election results be certified immediately so that Brown may be sworn in by tomorrow at the earliest.
"While Senator-elect Brown had tentatively planned to be sworn into office on February 11, he has been advised that there are a number of votes scheduled prior to that date," Winslow wrote in the letter. "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."
MA elections officials were already planning to certify the results of the today, and Patrick was expected to sign the official certification form at 9:30 am tomorrow.
Winslow's letter does not specify which votes Brown is hoping to make it to DC in time to vote for. A Brown spokesperson declined to point to specific votes. According to Senate sources, a vote on the nomination of Dept. of Labor solicitor nominee Patricia Smith is likely to occur tomorrow.
Winslow is asking Patrick and Galvin to certify the results tomorrow a.m. so that Brown may take the office by tomorrow p.m.
"We request that the results of the special election of January 19, 2010 be certified without delay and that a duplicate copy be provided to me in hand no later than 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 4, 2010 so we may deliver the original by hand to the Secretary of the United States Senate in time to allow Senator-elect Brown to be administered the oath of office by the Vice President tomorrow afternoon," Winslow wrote.
I don't believe I would be ready to do that. But seeing this post here makes me feel like I could do it.
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