Thread: Can Kirk cast 60th vote for ObamaCare? Maybe not..lame duck

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Can Paul Kirk cast the 60th vote for ObamaCare?
posted at 12:45 pm on January 17, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
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Paul Kirk, the appointed interim successor for the late Ted Kennedy in the Senate, has vowed to provide the 60th vote for ObamaCare regardless of whether Scott Brown wins Tuesday’s special election to fill the seat. But can Kirk vote on any bill after Tuesday? Fred Barnes reports on GOP lawyers who have checked the law in Massachusetts and the precedent in the Senate, and says that Kirk becomes a lame duck without a vote as soon as the polls close on Tuesday:

Appointed Senator Paul Kirk will lose his vote in the Senate after Tuesday’s election in Massachusetts of a new senator and cannot be the 60th vote for Democratic health care legislation, according to Republican attorneys. …

But in the days after the election, it is Kirk’s status that matters, not Brown’s. Massachusetts law says that an appointed senator remains in office “until election and qualification of the person duly elected to fill the vacancy.â€

Great news.

Thanks for posting.

Lets pray for a Scott Brown Victory!!!