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After legal blow, Senate Dems weighing next move on Burris

 

Published 1/9/2009 by sarahbethparker at CNN Political Ticker

(CNN) – Senate Democratic leaders are weighing their options in light of the Illinois State Supreme Court decision that Roland Burris’s certificate of appointment does not require the secretary of state’s signature. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Illinois senior Sen. Dick Durbin had been very clear that their path to seating Burris began with the [...] (link)

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