chicagotribune.com - 1/12/2009
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Just days after Gov. Rod Blagojevich accepted his party's nod for re-election in 2006, a letter arrived at state Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka's office seeking thousands of pages of documents Blagojevich could use as ammunition against her in their upcoming campaign. The letter was signed by ...
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/12/2009
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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. ...
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Burris Cleared to Take Senate Seat
chicagobreakingnews.com - 1/12/2009
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chicagobreakingnews.com —
WASHINGTON--Roland Burris won his battle to succeed Barack
Obama as the junior senator from Illinois this afternoon...
as Senate Democrats dropped their objections and said he should be seated this week. The agreement came after Senat lawyers said Burris ...
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Senate Democrats agree to seat Burris this week
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Burris did oppo research work for Blago
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... this week, but his argument that he didn’t have many ties to Governor Rod Blagojevich looks less likely to survive. The Chicago Tribune reports today that Burris developed opposition research for Blagojevich’s re-election campaign in 2006, making him much closer to the now-impeached governor than Burris wanted to admit: Just days after Gov. Rod Blagojevich accepted his party’s nod for re-election in 2006, a letter arrived at state Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka’s office seeking thousands of pages of documents Blagojevich could use as ammunition against her in their upcoming ...
Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/13/2009
Gates of Vienna —
... Burris Helped Blagojevich in 2006 Senate nominee did opposition research in re-election fight Just days after Gov. Rod Blagojevich accepted his party’s nod for re-election in 2006, a letter arrived at state Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka’s office seeking thousands of pages of documents Blagojevich could use as ammunition against her in their upcoming campaign. The letter was signed by Roland Burris. It was one of several requests Burris made to the treasurer’s office in 2006, a campaign ...
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dailykos.com 1/3/2009 — With only three days until the potential showdown between Roland Burris and the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms, there's quite a bit of news on the Blagojevich-Burris front. Yesterday, Burris filed an emergency request : ... urging the Illinois Supreme ...
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swampland.blogs.time.com 1/2/2009 — Get ready for the standoff of Roland Burris to get even weirder, as Senate Democrats map out their options for dealing with disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's pick to replace Barack Obama. Suffice it to say that none of them is pretty.
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Burris acknowledges fundraising effort for Blagojevich
chicagobreakingnews.com 2/17/2009 — Burris' latest comments in Peoria Monday night were the first time he has publicly said he was actively trying to raise money for Blagojegich. Previously Burris has left the impression that he always balked at the issue of raising money for the ...
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org 2/18/2009 — I think it’s fair to say that Roland Burris’ debut as a U.S. Senator is not going so well :
In the latest in a series of shifting accounts of his conduct, Sen. Roland W. Burris (D-Ill.) told reporters that he tried to raise money ...
Roland Burris: I'm no Rod Blagojevich
latimesblogs.latimes.com 2/17/2009 —
No one is accusing Sen. Roland Burris of being in the same league as former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich when it comes to ethical lapses.
Blago, as he's known to bloggers and cable news show hosts everywhere, is alleged to have used a ...
Roland Burris, the former senator?
latimesblogs.latimes.com 2/19/2009 —
Pressure is mounting on Roland Burris , who has been a U.S. senator from Illinois for little more than a month now, to resign.
Appointed by scandal-tainted Gov. Rod Blagojevich to fill the two-year remainder of President Obama 's Senate term, ...
Congress: Wait and see on Burris —
First Read 1/12/2009
It sounds like Dick Durbin would like the Burris issue to just go away . “Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) suggested Sunday evening that Democratic leaders may not require that a Senate panel review the appointment of Roland Burris before ...
Senior senator blunt on Burris 'mess' —
CNN Political Ticker 1/12/2009
Burris visited Capitol Hill last week.
(CNN) — A senior Democratic senator told CNN Monday the Senate was moving toward seating Roland Burris because "when you're dealt a losing hand, you skip to the end."
The senator, who asked not to be ...
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