Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Mark Kirk (R) Sworn in to President Obama's Former Senate Seat

Republicans now have 42 Senators for the remainder of the lame duck session with the Democrats dropping to 56 (Independents still with 2).

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/11/mark-kirk-sworn-into-president.html

"Illinois Republican Sen. Mark Kirk was sworn into office Monday night, becoming the first of more than a dozen new Republicans to join the Senate after their party's sweeping wins earlier this month.

Kirk, a five-term congressman, bested Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias (D) to win the Senate seat once held by President Obama. His succession of appointed Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.). gives the GOP 42 seats in the Senate and, by virtue of Illinois's electoral law, enabled him to be seated six weeks ahead on the other new members of the Senate Class of 2010.

At the swearing-in, administered on the Senate floor by Vice President Biden, Kirk was accompanied by Illinois's senior senator, Richard Durbin (D), as well as Peter Fitzgerald, the last Republican to represent Illinois in the Senate.
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