WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress gets back to work today as the fight for the only unfilled seat in the U.S. Senate resumes in Minnesota.
The state Supreme Court will hear oral arguments as justices get a chance to question lawyers for Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken. The rival candidates have spent a combined $50 million in pursuit of the seat.
Coleman, who trails Franken by 312 votes, wants the court to order the counting of absentee ballots which previously had been rejected.
Franken hopes the court rejects that request and clears the way for him to get the election certificate he needs to fill the senate seat. It would mean a 60th vote for Senate Democrats -- a so-called veto-proof majority.
There's no deadline for the court to rule in what's already the nation's longest Senate vacancy in 34 years.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress gets back to work today as the fight for the only unfilled seat in the U.S. Senate resumes in Minnesota.
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Published: June 01, 2009
Published: June 01, 2009
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