'Gnawing' Burris trumps Summers?

From NBC’s Ken Strickland Attorneys for Roland Burris are expected to file new documents tomorrow with the U.S. Senate in a renewed effort to claim the seat vacated by Barack Obama . According to Dick Durbin , the state's senior senator, a decision of whether those papers satisfy Senate rules could come as early as Monday. After a rare weekend session in the Capitol on Sunday, Durbin spent 30 minutes briefing his Democratic colleagues on the status of the controversy and showing them the papers Burris' lawyers plan to file.   "I wanted them to see the documents," Durbin said. "There's been so much talk about this." The Burris matter got top billing in a meeting that was originally planned as a briefing from Larry Summers and Obama's economic team. Summers and company stood outside the Mansfield Room until Durbin finished his class on Illinois politics. ...( read more ) (link)