Submit a Story!

Senate refuses to seat Obama's would-be senate replacement (AFP)

 
AFP - In the latest twist of a political saga, top Democrat Dick Durbin said that the US Senate will not seat the man tapped to replace president-elect Barack Obama. (link)

Tags:

Related Content
Obama Site Linked to 'Bush Shoe Toss' Event
blogs.abcnews.com 1/10/2009 — ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: Click here to see the reference to the Jan. 19 'Bush Shoe Toss' which was recently deleted from USAService.org. Colin Powell held a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Friday, touting the launch of Barack...
For BlackBerry, Obama’s Devotion Is Priceless
nytimes.com 1/10/2009 — President-elect Barack Obama has become BlackBerry’s most prominent user, a pitch that would be worth millions if he could charge for it. >
Barack Obama: Tim Kaine 'ideal leader'
swamppolitics.com 1/10/2009 — by Mark Silva Stop the servers. The Democratic National Committee has circulated an email, in the name of President-elect Barack Obama, that doesn't ask for a penny for the party. Obama, who built his record-setting nearly billion-dollar ...
Breaking: Obama sends national e-mail with NO plea for money!
latimesblogs.latimes.com 1/10/2009 — This is no Friday joke. Word has just been received at The Ticket that President-elect Barack Obama sent out an actual e-mail today without asking for more money from tired donors. No, really. The N.Y. Times' Katharine Seelye recently ...
Bill Clinton Asks for Money for Obama Inauguration - The Caucus Blog
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 1/10/2009 — When Barack Obama nominated Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to be his Secretary of State, he got more than a new member of his cabinet — he also got her husband, former President Bill Clinton, a k a the fundraiser in chief. Mr. Clinton has just sent ...
Illinois Senate seat to stay vacant: DurbinReuters: Politics 1/9/2009
CHICAGO (Reuters) - No one can occupy the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama until the governor of Illinois is removed and a new appointment can be certified, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said on Friday.
Obama's former Senate seat again in limbo (Reuters)Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/10/2009
Reuters - U.S. Senate approval of Roland Burris' appointment to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat remained in doubt on Friday despite an Illinois Supreme Court ruling the selection was valid.
Obama, Democrats look to revamp financial bailout (AP)Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/10/2009
AP - Barack Obama's economic team is talking with the Bush administration about having Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson ask Congress within the next week for access to the $350 billion remaining in the financial bailout fund, officials on both sides ...
All the Presidents' LiteratureWSJ.com: Politics And Policy 1/10/2009
Rare is the leader who can actually write well, but those who do offer a window into their governing style. Jonathan Raban on the best presidential writers, and what Barack Obama's memoirs say about how he'll lead.
Obama's train trip poses miles of security issuesCNN.com - Politics 1/10/2009
President-elect Barack Obama's January 17 train trip from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Washington is intended to make the inauguration the most open and accessible in history.