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Published 2/20/2009 by CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney at CNN Political Ticker
(CNN) – Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn called on Sen. Roland Burris to resign Friday.
"At this time we have a senator who has a cloud over his head," Quinn said at a news conference. "It's time (for Burris) to put the interest of the people of the land of Lincoln ahead of his own and step [...]
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