Interim Appointment

BOSTON - The Massachusetts Republican Party is seeking to block the interim appointment of Paul Kirk to the Senate seat that was held by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. The GOP has filed an injunction in Suffolk Superior Court that will be heard Friday morning. Lawmakers this week passed…

Massachusetts State Senate Passes Interim Appointment Bill     Permalink The Massachusetts Senate passed (by a 24 to 16 vote) a bill yesterday that would authorize Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA) to name a successor to the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. The successor would serve until the winner of the…

The Massachusetts state Senate voted Tuesday to change state law on how to fill a vacant U.S. Senate seat. The proposed change would give the governor power to name an interim appointment. Gov. Deval Patrick could sign the measure as soon as Wednesday. The state House voted last week to change…

Michael M. Phillips reports on Edward Kennedy. Two of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy’s Capitol Hill friends suggested that Massachusetts would be wise to allow his widow, Vicki, to assume his seat until an interim election could be held. “I think Vicki ought to be considered,” Sen. Orrin…

The bill would allow the governor to name an interim appointment to the Senate seat left vacant by Ted Kennedy's death. Republicans, who hold just five of 40 seats in the state Senate, objected to the bill being taken up Friday without formal notice. The objection means the bill can't be debated…

Massachusetts House Approves Interim Appointment to the Senate     Permalink The Massachusetts House has approved a change to Massachusetts law allowing the governor to appoint someone to the U.S. Senate until the winner of the Jan. 19 election is seated. The bill has gone over to the…

Fox says Paul Kirk, former DNC chief and longtime Kennedy friend, will get the interim appointment to Kennedy's seat in the senate. Late Update: Gov. Patrick's (D) office no commented the report when we asked them about it.

UPDATES UPDATE: SAG's David White To Be Hired Without Official Search Or Vetting Well, the Big Media moguls have told me they like this guy. Which is good or bad depending on a SAG member's point of view. He was never vetted by the SAG leadership for his interim appointment. He never questioned…

Massachusetts Republicans won't rule out a possible court challenge to any attempt to amend state law to allow a speedy interim appointment to Sen. Kennedy's seat. Eric Kleefeld gets the story from the GOP leader in the state senate.

By Jack PerryBOSTON (AP) -- The Massachusetts Republican Party is seeking to block the interim appointment of Paul Kirk to the Senate seat held by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. The GOP has filed an injunction in Suffolk Superior Court that will be heard Friday morning. Lawmakers this week…

By Jack PerryBy GLEN JOHNSON AP Political Writer BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick plans to announce his choice for an interim appointment to the late Sen. Edward Kennedy on Thursday. Patrick's office says the governor will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. at the Statehouse. On…

After King County Assessor Scott Noble resigned last month, a day before he was sentenced for……while he also ran for the office in November. The council considered two individuals for the interim appointment, Medved and the office's chief appraiser for 11 years, Lynn Gering. But…

Tomorrow could be the day Gov. Deval Patrick, D-Mass., makes an interim appointment to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., the Boston Globe reports. The Associated Press is reporting that both...

By Jack PerryBOSTON (AP) -- A bill allowing Gov. Deval Patrick to name an interim appointment to the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Edward Kennedy is headed to the Massachusetts Senate. The House of Representatives voted 95-58 last night in favor of the bill. Democratic Speaker…

While the sordid saga of Rod Blagojevich's Senate Seat Sale unfolds, a variety of Illinois politicos are trying to stop Blagojevich from appointing……lead the pack, to say nothing of "The Nanny" actress Fran Drescher. An interim appointment to the Senate is a powerful political plum…