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Yeah, DemKittyNC Dec 2017 #1
+1 sandensea Dec 2017 #2
Yes Perseus Dec 2017 #3
Please! ananda Dec 2017 #18
+1 PuffedMica Dec 2017 #30
+1 (again) PuffedMica Dec 2017 #29
+1000000 pandr32 Jan 2018 #51
Doesn't matter. McTurtle won't seat them. Dave Starsky Dec 2017 #4
Could be right kevink077 Dec 2017 #6
That wouldnt surprise me at all mountain grammy Dec 2017 #7
You could be right, the pukes have no bottom. They lack any sense of fair play or decorum. FreeStateDemocrat Dec 2017 #8
absolute bullshit SCantiGOP Dec 2017 #10
Our government currently doesn't "have to" do anything. Dave Starsky Dec 2017 #42
Whoever is certified as the appointee SCantiGOP Dec 2017 #43
I wish you well. Dave Starsky Dec 2017 #44
He can't dsc Dec 2017 #11
That covered elected...not appointed . Read it. Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #23
I keep pointing this out onenote Dec 2017 #49
Bingo. Been expecting the same. Minimally, Mitch'll stall till after Tas Bill vote.. stuffmatters Dec 2017 #12
I suspect Franken will stay until at least the tax vote. tinrobot Dec 2017 #13
Not sure that once Franken's replacement is named, Mitch'll allow F's vote to count. stuffmatters Dec 2017 #15
Care to make a wager on that? onenote Dec 2017 #16
I have no money to wager. Dave Starsky Dec 2017 #20
And now I have my satisfaction -- Jones and Smith sworn in onenote Jan 2018 #50
There is one ruling the Adam Clayton Powell ruling...and it says elected. Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #24
The Powell ruling says elected because House members have to be elected onenote Dec 2017 #28
I said it the first day...this shit started. Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #22
In that case, we need to occupy Congress. alarimer Dec 2017 #45
Once the election is certified, he will be seated Jose Garcia Dec 2017 #46
Can al franken play al franken on snl now? Tiggeroshii Dec 2017 #5
Senator Franken said he would step down in the coming weeks Freethinker65 Dec 2017 #9
No. Franken has yet to resign. Thor_MN Dec 2017 #34
So they are really going through with this LiberalLovinLug Dec 2017 #14
I will always vote for Democrats over Republicans, but I will not forgive the way Al was treated. Chasstev365 Dec 2017 #17
I truly hate Schumer and Gillibrand now! ananda Dec 2017 #19
You stated exactly what I'm thinking and feeling. nt jrthin Dec 2017 #32
Same here eissa Dec 2017 #25
Yep. Same here. Owl Dec 2017 #26
I remember some "lifelong Democrats" saying the same thing about Hillary onenote Dec 2017 #35
If Minnesota goes red because Democrats don't vote the Democratic candidate onenote Dec 2017 #37
youd think they'd wait til he actually resigned. sheesh. nt msongs Dec 2017 #21
I'm sure it will be coordinated so that Franken's resignation takes effect upon the certification onenote Dec 2017 #31
contact info for Gov. Dayton - I just called to urge him to not accept a resignation diva77 Dec 2017 #27
And if he doesn't "accept it", what then? onenote Dec 2017 #33
I tried to ask the person who answered whether the gov. had that power and he didn't know, so thanks diva77 Dec 2017 #36
Franken hasn't resigned or even given a date of resignation, we should remember. Akoto Dec 2017 #38
I wish, but I'm afraid that's not so. Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #41
I hope it's Franni Franken nuxvomica Dec 2017 #39
This is so wrong. So sad. I read it'll be his assistant. Whoever it is, it'll be a woman. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #40
Dayton picks Lt. Gov Tina Smith to replace Franken. HughBeaumont Dec 2017 #47
But what wasn't expected is that she does not intend to be a placeholder Jose Garcia Dec 2017 #48
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