The Senators were sworn in today by Vice President Dick Chaney. There were two of them not sworn in, though. They have declared Al Frankin to be the Senator for Minn. but, Norm Coleman has chosen to fight it in court. So, by law, Al Frankin can't take the seat. Some voting areas are having double ballots, etc. There are more ballots than there are registered voters.
The second one that didn't get sworn in today was Roland Burris. He was selected by Blagojevich to be the Senator from Ill. According to Roland Burris, he is the Jr. Senator of Ill. With the scandal going on with Blagojevich, Harry Reid gave interviews saying he wouldn't let Burris into the Senate.
It appears that Harry Reid will be proven wrong. Blagojevich is still the Governor of Ill. until he either resigns or is indicted, or is impeached. Burris gave a small press conference yesterday evening saying that he is the Jr. Senator of Ill. Well, today he showed up at the Senate and was told that his papers weren't in order by the Secretary.
You have to admire Roland Burris for not letting this get him down. He had to have had an idea that they would come up with something to not let him in today.
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