Can I ask a stupid question?
Why was Turner sworn in just two days after the election, but after Scott Brown won the special Senate election in Massachusetts, he wasn’t sworn in for weeks, while the temp. replacement was allowed to remain in the Senate??? I know it’s a stupid question, but why in one case is a special election winner sworn in promptly, and in the other, Senate officials dragged their feet in certifying and swearing in Scott Brown????
because GOP controls the House, not the Senate
You know the answer to your own question.
Scott was a Republican who would end the Democrat Senate's filibuster-proof majority. Of course, they would delay. And, if the situation had been reversed, I imagine a GOP majority would've drug their feet, too.
Turner was a Republican entering a Republican House. No delay was necessary.
Probably that different states have different laws concerning special elections.
Because when Scott was elected, they were voting on the obamascare bill and did not want another Repub to vote against it.
-PJ
The Obamacare vote.