Franken Stuck in Holding Pattern

• By David M. Drucker
• Roll Call Staff
• Feb. 3, 2009, Midnight

Despite suggestions to the contrary, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is unlikely to seat Minnesota Democrat Al Franken in advance of the 2008 Senate challenger’s victory being fully certified — both because of how the Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) affair unfolded and the promised threat of a Republican filibuster.