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Burris to be Sworn In This Week
firedoglake.com - 1/13/2009
Burris to be Sworn In This Week
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W ho could have predicted ? Eager to put the scandal-tainted standoff behind them, Senate Democrats accepted Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's Senate successor on Monday and said they expect to swear in the new Illinois senator this week. "He is now the ...
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/12/2009
Burris Cleared to Take Senate Seat
— 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. ... (more) Burris Cleared to Take Senate Seat

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chicagobreakingnews.com - 1/12/2009
Senate Democrats agree to seat Burris this week
— 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 ... (more) Senate Democrats agree to seat Burris this week

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politico.com - 1/12/2009
Dem Senators will swear in Burris
— politico.com — Roland Burris saga is over, as Democratic Senate leaders have accepted his credentials. (more) Dem Senators will swear in Burris

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The Reaction — ... And maybe Hamsher is right: "[T]here was absolutely no winning end game for the Democratic leadership on this from the get. Embarrassing as the whole thing was, if they'd stuck with their original plan to keep Burris out of the Senate and accepted a second appointment from Pat Quinn after Blago left office it could have been worse. It very likely would have triggered not only a constitutional crisis but a media freak show the likes of which we haven't seen since the Clinton impeachment." ...

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suntimes.com 1/9/2009 — 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.
Burris will likely get seat, after all
boston.com 1/7/2009 — After repeatedly saying they wouldn't accept him and turning him away Tuesday, it now appears that Senate Democrats eventually plan to seat Roland Burris after all. After Burris met privately with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senator Dick ...
Burris To Be Seated
openleft.com 1/13/2009 — "Barring objections from Republicans," Roland Burris will be the next Senator from Illinois : Eager to put the scandal-tainted standoff behind them, Senate Democrats accepted Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's Senate successor on Monday ...
DID DEMOCRATS COVER UP BURRIS LIES TO GET STIM BILL PASSED?
rightwingnuthouse.com 2/18/2009 — My friend Tom Elia at the New Editor raised this question in an email and it bears looking into. The fact is, if this mess with Burris had been made public back on February 5 when the Illinois senator submitted his “corrected” affadavit ...
Report: Burris Will Get Obama Senate Seat - Political Hotsheet
cbsnews.com 1/7/2009 — Roland Burris, the man appointed to Barack Obama's Senate seat by embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, will be allowed to take the seat, according to the Associated Press. Spokespersons for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Illinois Sen. Dick ...
Obama talks about Burris, deficits
firstread.msnbc.msn.com 1/7/2009 — From NBC's Athena Jones WASHINGTON -- In his first press conference of the new year, President-elect Obama said the decision to seat Roland Burris was a "Senate matter." "I know Roland Burris," Obama said. "I think he's a fine public ...
Roland Burris Sworn Into Senate, Replaces Obama
huffingtonpost.com 1/15/2009 — WASHINGTON — Roland Burris took his place as Barack Obama's successor in the Senate on Thursday, ending a standoff that embarrassed the president-elect and fellow Democrats who initially resisted the appointment by scandal-scarred Illinois Gov. ...
Fiasco Watch: Blagojevich And Burris
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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hosted.ap.org 2/16/2009 — CHICAGO (AP) -- One month after Roland Burris was sworn in to the U.S. Senate to represent Illinois and fill Barack Obama's vacant seat, he's hearing calls for his resignation. "I can't believe anything that comes out of Mr. Burris at this point," ...
Burris Begins
nbcchicago.com 1/22/2009 — Enough about Barack Obama s first day in office. What about Rollin Roland Burris ? Around noon Wednesday, Burris' sparsely furnished office was occupied by three staffers, at least two of whom were there on a temporary basis, the Bloomington ...
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 ...
Senate Democrats to swear in Burris this week (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/13/2009
AP - Eager to put the scandal-tainted standoff behind them, Senate Democrats accepted Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's Senate successor on Monday and said they expect to swear in the new Illinois senator this week. "He is now the ...
First thoughts: Rolled over by Roland — First Read 1/13/2009
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Carrie Dann*** Rolled over by Roland: Senate Democrats’ national embarrassment is finally over now that they have decided to allow Roland Burris to take Obama’s vacated seat later this week. As we ...
Congress: Sen. Roland Burris — First Read 1/13/2009
“Senate Democratic leaders said Monday that Roland W. Burris would be seated as the new senator from Illinois, resolving a conflict that had drawn the Senate into a corruption scandal surrounding Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich,” the New York Times writes. ...
Democrats drop objections to Roland Burris appointment — L.A. Times - Politics 1/13/2009
The former state attorney general picked by embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich as Barack Obama's replacement expects to be seated this week. He extends an olive branch to his opponents. >  ...