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Published 1/6/2009 by CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney at CNN Political Ticker
Burris told reporters Tuesday he was turned away from the Senate.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris, named by Illinois' controversial governor to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat, said Tuesday morning that he had been informed by the secretary of the U.S. Senate that his credentials were "not in order" when he arrived [...]
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