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Published 1/5/2009 by Shailagh Murray at Wash Post In Congress
Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid defended his right to block the Senate appointment of former Illinois attorney general Roland W. Burris, but he didn't close the door entirely to Burris eventually getting the job.
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