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Florida GOP Rep. Vern Buchanan Sworn In NewsMax.com Wires WASHINGTON -- Just because Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan of Florida was sworn in Thursday doesn't mean the Democratic-controlled House is on his side in his contested election. Rep. Rush Holt, D-N.J., formally asked the House to recognize the court challenge in Florida's 13th Congressional District in the Sarasota area. Buchanan won by just 369 votes, but Democrat Christine Jennings contends the electronic voting machines didn't work correctly because 18,000 people who voted in other elections did not vote in the House race. On the House floor, Holt asked Speaker Nancy Pelosi if a notice of contest had been filed with the clerk on behalf of Jennings. Pelosi said the notice had been filed with the clerk. "The House remains the judge of the elections of its members," Pelosi said. "The seating of this member-elect (Buchanan) is entirely without prejudice to the contest over the final right to that seat." Pelosi added that the contest is being reviewed by the Committee on House Administration. Ralph G. Neas, president of People For the American Way Foundation, applauded the House leadership for making it clear that Buchanan's time in Congress is provisional until the matter is resolved. Story Continues Below
"Only after court proceedings and a congressional investigation seeking answers about the Sarasota undervote have run their course, and only after Sarasota's election problems have been remedied, should someone be permanently seated," Neas said. Buchanan and Jennings were vying for the seat to replace Katherine Harris, who lost her Senate challenge to Democrat Bill Nelson.
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