The Constitution gives the Senate wide powers to determine who can be seated in the chamber, but the authority is not absolute.
One possible compromise could be to allow Burris to be seated in the Senate so long as he agrees not to run in 2010, according to a source.
It is hard to imagine, moreover, that the three Senators who are expected to be seated in time for the lame-duck session will be in a position to make informed decisions about this treaty.
The Franken side will ask the Minnesota Supreme Court on February 5 to order Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Secretary of State Mark Ritchie to issue a temporary election certificate so Franken can be seated in the Senate.
It is odd, on an icy Saturday night in December, to be seated next to a chiller in a marble-lined cheese shop.
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In the end there will be 12 jurors seated with 6 alternates waiting in the wings.
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Kessler contends that for the near-term the stock is going to be driven mostly by growth in seated diners, given that the company already has signed up about 50% of the potential North American restaurant market.
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Experts have said failing to reach a fiscal cliff deal and devise a framework for a broader deficit reduction package to be negotiated when the new Congress is seated in January will cause economic turmoil and threaten the U.S. credit rating.
On Tuesday, Burris traveled to the Capitol in Washington, seeking to be seated as the junior senator from Illinois.
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Yet a deep-seated problem in the sector must be the presence of too much capital chasing too high a return.
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And we know that enduring, deep-seated, long-lasting change cannot be delivered in just one parliament.
These can be frittered away, or they can be used to tackle deep-seated problems and invest in future growth.
If seated, Burris would be the only African-American in the Senate.
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"Algeria's not a country that would feel comfortable relying on foreign security forces to help liberate the hostages, and that's because of this deep-seated feeling that there should be no foreign military presence in the country, " said Robert Parks, director of the Centre for North African Studies in Algeria.
For example, much research has shown that subject students retain more if seated in a classroom with others students who appear to be listening attentively.
In his letter Sunday, Obama said all the delegates should be seated with a full vote for the sake of party unity.
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Under Arizona law, a hung jury in the death penalty phase of a trial requires a new jury to be seated to decide the punishment.
We were seated in a back row safely out of sight so I wouldn't be visible when the camera panned the grinning, waving crowd before each station break.
Now blinking in the glare of publicity - businesses may be waking up to other, more deep-seated, obligations.
"The Ministry of Defence has made a good start in trying to get to grips with its budget but its deep-seated problems cannot be solved overnight, " said Margaret Hodge, the Labour MP who chairs the committee.
The row in front was occupied by two men who appeared to be passengers, as did two other men seated across the aisle, he says.
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