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Burris arrives on the Hill

Political Animal found this 1/6/2009 on politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris, named by Illinois' controversial governor to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat, arrived at the U.S. Senate Tuesday morning for the start of the 111th Congress. The secretary of the U.S. Senate on Monday rejected Burris' appointment because it does not conform with the Senate rule requiring that [...]