Published 2/18/2009
by CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart
at CNN Political Ticker
(CNN) — The largest newspaper in Illinois on Tuesday called for U.S. Sen. Roland Burris to resign, a day after Burris detailed several conversations with impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother he had failed to mention under oath.
Burris, appointed by a scandal-wracked Blagojevich to fill the rest of President Barack Obama's Senate term, told reporters in [...]
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