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Reid Won't Seat Franken Before Minnesota High Court Appeal

By David M. Drucker
Roll Call Staff
April 13, 2009, 10:36 p.m.

In praising the decision by a Minnesota court to uphold Democrat Al Franken’s narrow victory over former Sen. Norm Coleman (R) in last November’s election, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) signaled Monday evening that he would not move to seat Franken in advance of Coleman’s expected appeal to the state Supreme Court.

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