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Sounds to me like they don't even deserve the non-power they have:

All the MA GOP did was cast their votes and say “oh, well!” They did nothing to bring national attention to the issue, and the leader of the GOP in this very quote indicates he's not interested in fighting it in any way whatsoever other than the single vote he cast:

-—”......The interim appointee proposal was enacted this afternoon by the House, 95-59, and by the Senate, 24-16, after only brief speeches by lawmakers. Lawmakers did not pass, however, an emergency preamble to the law, meaning that the governor will have to send a letter to the secretary of state requesting early implementation of the law.

“We did everything we could and there’s no need to delay for the sake of delay at this point,” Senate Minority Leader Richard Tisei told reporters after the Senate vote. “The vote’s been cast, and I hope the governor picks somebody who can represent the state well for the next couple of months.......”——