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suntimes.com - 1/9/2009

Change in Burris' story?

— suntimes.com — From Blagobusted.com: A potentially troublesome new detail emerged about Roland Burris' controversial U.S. Senate appointment Thursday after... a state House panel voted unanimously to recommend Gov. Blagojevich be impeached. (more) Change in Burris' story?

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chicagotribune.com - 1/8/2009

Senate's Democratic majority clears path for Roland Burris -

— chicagotribune.com — WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate's Democratic majority opened the way Wednesday for Roland Burris to become Illinois'... next senator, pressured by President-elect Barack Obama to remove a politically consuming distraction less than two weeks before he ... (more) Senate's Democratic majority clears path for Roland Burris -

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suntimes.com - 1/8/2009

Burris: White regrets Senate hold up :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Gov. Blagojevich

— suntimes.com — Roland Burris — the senator-designate from Illinois — said upon landing at Midway Airport Wednesday that Illinois... Secretary of State Jesse White told him that if he had to do it all over again, he just would have signed Burris' Senate appointment. But ... (more) Burris: White regrets Senate hold up :: CHICAGO ...

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Burris Admits He Reached Out To Blago Adviser Named In Criminal Complaint
ArchPundit — HuffPo picks up on the part of the hearing that should be getting attention. Moreover, in a sworn affidavit filed January 5, Burris swore that, before he was asked by Blagojevich staff if he was interested in the position, “there was not any contact between myself or any of my representatives with Governor Blagojevich or any of his representatives regarding my appointment to the United States Senate.” During Thursday’s hearing, Burris insisted that the conversation with Monk was innocent, saying that he merely wanted to let the governor’s ...

Blago Impeached
TalkLeft — ... Among the charges brought against Blagojevich was of trying to sell the appointment to the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama and for which Blagojevich has named Roland Burris, whose testimony before the Illinois House Impeachment Committee raised questions regarding his contacts with Blagojevich: [More...] ...

House Votes to Impeach Blagojevich & Burris Changes His Story
Tennessee Guerilla Women — The vote to impeach Blagojevich was 114 - 1. Too bad we couldn't find people like this when we could have saved some lives by impeaching Bush. As to Wannabe Senator Roland Burris, the plot thickens: Appearing before an Illinois House impeachment committee, Burris acknowledged that he had reached out to a close friend and former chief of staff to embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich to discuss the Senate seat. That appears to contradict Burris' statement in a sworn affidavit that he had no contact with any of the governor's ...

Blago impeached, Burris exposed
The Reaction — ... And let me repeat: There's no way the Senate should seat Roland Burris -- even if Obama wants him seated. It looked like it was inevitable, what with Reid et al. ingloriously caving in, but now it has emerged that Burris did, contrary to his own initial testimony, "[reach] out to a close friend and former chief of staff to [Blagojevich] to discuss the Senate seat. That appears to contradict Burris' statement in a sworn affidavit that he had no contact with any of the governor's 'representatives.'" ...

Blago impeached by Ill. House - PLUS: Is Burris in the hot seat?
Sister Toldjah — ... Burris’ lawyer, Timothy Wright, said it was improper to consider Monk a “representative” of the governor — the language used in Burris’ affidavit — since Monk no longer was on the state payroll when he and Burris spoke last year. Burris “was talking to him as a friend and expressing his interest,” Wright said. “He wasn’t talking to him as a representative of the governor.” Hmmm. HuffPo thinks otherwise: Moreover, Burris testified ...