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Published 1/7/2009 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - For Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, there's a simple reason Roland Burris can't take President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat: Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White hasn't signed Burris' certificate of appointment.
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