gallup.com - 1/6/2009
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PRINCETON, NJ -- Given a choice, Americans are most likely to prefer a special election to fill Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat as opposed to leaving the seat open until embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich's status is resolved, or allowing Blagojevich appointee Roland Burris to serve. ncg6ndlkjk ...
usatoday.com - 1/6/2009
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usatoday.com —
In a spectacle that spilled onto the Capitol
steps, Burris was turned away from the Senate Tuesday...
as the 111th Congress was gaveled into session. His lawyer, Timothy Wright III, said the Illinois politician was considering more negotiations or a ...
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Poll: Half say Burris should be blocked from Sen. seat
voices.washingtonpost.com - 1/6/2009
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voices.washingtonpost.com —
Burris has come off as a fool and
a crook pretending he is innocent of wrong doing...
in receiving his appointment. He is a loser and I think he will lose one more time, but cause a lot of damage before he goes. I don't think voters would elect him dog ...
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Burris Backs Reid Into a Corner - The Fix
foxnews.com - 1/7/2009
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foxnews.com —
A key Democrat broke with her Senate colleagues
Tuesday to support Roland Burris in his controversial bid...
to assume Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat. California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee that soon could take up ...
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Sen. Feinstein Breaks With Democrats to Back Burris ...
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Most Americans Oppose Seating Burris, But Reid's Options are Few
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... is Gallup's command. A new poll commissioned by Gallup and USA Today shows that 51 percent of Americans think that Roland Burris should be blocked from filling his seat in the United States Senate, while just 27 percent support seating him. ...
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Burris offered Capitol Hill office space —
CNN Political Ticker 1/6/2009
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has offered Senate Appointee Roland Burris office space not far from the Capitol.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Now that Roland Burris has been turned away from the Senate, where will he hang his hat?
Since Burris has not been ...
Feinstein breaks with leadership on Burris —
CNN Political Ticker 1/6/2009
(CNN) – Outgoing Senate Rules Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein said Tuesday she disagrees with her Democratic leadership blocking Roland Burris from being seated in the Senate.
“The question is really one, in my view, of law,” Feinstein told ...
Roland Burris Scores Key Senate Ally —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire 1/6/2009
Susan Davis reports on Congress.
Roland Burris found a powerful ally in his quest to be formally recognized as the junior senator from Illinois: California Sen. Dianne Feinstein , who chairs the Senate Rules Committee, and put her support ...
Senators Turn Burris Away at Capitol —
Wash Post In Congress 1/7/2009
Blocked from claiming a Senate seat, a man who once said his success in politics was the result of "divine intervention" stood outside the Capitol yesterday and declared: "Members of the media, my name is Roland Burris, the junior senator from the ...
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