Thursday
Feb042010
41st GOP Senator Sworn In
Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 6:45PM
By Benny Martinez - University of New Mexico/Talk Radio News Service
Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) was sworn in Thursday evening at the Senate Chambers, making him the 41st Republican Senator and thus breaking the Democrats' supermajority.
After the swearing-in ceremony, the new Senator met with reporters to touch on some of the issues that are circling Capitol Hill.
Brown said that he was eager to begin working, and he added that the jobs bill needs the most work, saying that “not one single job has been created in the past year.”
Brown also emphasized the importance of bipartisanship in the House and Senate. He said that in order to accomplish anything and assist the American people, collaboration and compromise are key.
Although, when asked if, procedurally, he could be the 60th vote on initiatives like the health reform bill, Brown answered, “I’m not the 60th vote, I’m the 41st.”
The GOP Senator, who won the seat held for decades by the late Senator Ted Kennedy, spoke highly of tax cuts for small businesses.
“Tax cuts are not the problem for the economy, it’s the answer,” Brown said.
Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) was sworn in Thursday evening at the Senate Chambers, making him the 41st Republican Senator and thus breaking the Democrats' supermajority.
After the swearing-in ceremony, the new Senator met with reporters to touch on some of the issues that are circling Capitol Hill.
Brown said that he was eager to begin working, and he added that the jobs bill needs the most work, saying that “not one single job has been created in the past year.”
Brown also emphasized the importance of bipartisanship in the House and Senate. He said that in order to accomplish anything and assist the American people, collaboration and compromise are key.
Although, when asked if, procedurally, he could be the 60th vote on initiatives like the health reform bill, Brown answered, “I’m not the 60th vote, I’m the 41st.”
The GOP Senator, who won the seat held for decades by the late Senator Ted Kennedy, spoke highly of tax cuts for small businesses.
“Tax cuts are not the problem for the economy, it’s the answer,” Brown said.
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