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Article: Kennedy seeks to speed up successor process; Massachusetts GOP opposed to shortcut.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 21, 2009
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Byline: Tom LoBianco, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
At the request of gravely ill Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing whether to speed up the process of appointing his successor, as Democratic leaders in Washington face a string of hard votes on health care and other issues when Congress returns next month.
But Bay State Republicans, while expressing sympathy for Mr. Kennedy's plight, already were denouncing the effort Thursday as a power grab to change a law that had been put in place just four years earlier by the Democrat-dominated legislature.
Do not eliminate the voter from the electoral process, said Massachusetts ...