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A Senate showdown or an orderly entrance?

 

Published 1/5/2009 by Carrie Dann at First Read

From NBC's Ken Strickland While exact details remain unclear about how and when Roland Burris will enter the U.S. Capitol tomorrow seeking Obama's vacant Senate seat, Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Terrance Gainer says it will be an orderly arrival.  "We do not anticipate some type of confrontation," said Gainer.   Gainer has been in contact with Burris' staff and knows him from their days working together in Illinois goverment.  Before working in Washington, Gainer served as the Illinois...( read more ) (link)

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