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Decision on Burris' 'future and fate' likely to come this week

 

Published 1/12/2009 at L.A. Times - Politics

But first, says Assistant Majority Leader Richard J. Durbin, the Senate's legal counsel must finish its review of paperwork on the appointment by impeached Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich > Roland Burris will probably replace Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate this week once the Senate's legal counsel completes a review, Assistant Majority Leader Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) said Sunday. (link)

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