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Burris Cleared to Take Senate Seat

Hotline On Call Part Deux found this 1/12/2009 on thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com

Senate Democratic leaders today cleared the way for Roland Burris to be seated as a senator from Illinois, after more than a weeklong spectacle surrounding the state’s corruption scandal and the questioning of Mr. Burris’s credentials. After Mr. Burris’s lawyers hand-carried an additional ...