Scott Brown, the Republican candidate in the Massachusetts special election, said today he has already made travel plans to go to Washington, D.C., this Friday if he wins.
As we’ve reported, Massachusetts won’t certify election results for about 15 days after tomorrow’s election, and the U.S. Senate won’t swear a winner in until they get that paperwork from the state.
But Brown has said he expects to be sworn in right away.
The timing is important because Brown’s vote would end Democrats’ filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. If he’s sworn in before the Senate votes on health care, Democrats will have to take extreme measures — such as trying to persuade the House to adopt the much more conservative Senate bill or going for reconciliation — in order to pass the legislation.
