althouse.blogspot.com - 1/2/2009
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"The aide familiar with Senate Democratic leaders' plans said if Burris tries to enter the Senate chamber, the Senate doorkeeper will stop Burris. If Burris were to persist, either trying to force his way onto the Senate floor or refusing to leave and causing a scene, U.S. Capitol Police would ...
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 1/2/2009
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Senate Democrats will not allow Burris on the
Senate Floor if he shows up next week. (CNN)...
— Senate Democratic leaders think Roland Burris, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's pick to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, ...
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Aides: Democrats have plan if Burris shows up
suntimes.com - 1/3/2009
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suntimes.com —
NO CIRCUS? | Says he'll try to avoid
a scene when he shows up to claim seat...
WASHINGTON -- Roland Burris, being Roland Burris, put it to me this way Friday when we talked: "We are the senator." And we, that is he, the former Illinois attorney general, ...
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Roland Burris tells Lynn Sweet: 'We are the senator' ...
slate.com - 1/1/2009
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Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (right) and former Illinois
Attorney General Roland Burris. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (right)...
and former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris Does the Constitution allow the Senate to refuse to seat Roland Burris, ...
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How the Senate can stop Blagojevich. - By Akhil Reed ...
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Great Reason, Ann!
Daily Pundit —
... Althouse: “Burris will not be allowed on the Senate floor, according to this aide and a Senate Democratic leadership aide.” ...
A Burris Under The Saddle...
Discriminations —
It’s almost as much fun watching the law professors disagree over whether the Senate has the right to refuse to seat Roland Burris (it does; it doesn’t; etc.) as it is to watch Senate Democrats try to balance appearing to oppose corruption with not appearing to exclude a black appointee.
Ann Althouse, another law prof, nicely points to the Democrats’ dilemma:
So at at time when there isn't a single black person in the U.S. Senate, a black man arrives at the doorway and means to go forward ...
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Burris Cleared to Take Senate Seat
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 1/12/2009 — 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. ...
Senate Dems To Block Burris' Path To Senate -- Perhaps Even Literally
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/2/2009 — With Roland Burris getting ready to go to Washington, the Senate's goal here now seems pretty obvious: To keep Burris out for as long as possible, until some other resolution to this whole mess is somehow accomplished.
The Democratic leadership's ...
State court rebuffs Burris on Senate signature
chicagobreakingnews.com 1/9/2009 — President-elect Barack Obama told Senate leadership this week that he wanted the Burris issue resolved quickly, putting pressure on Durbin and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). The two senators offered no immediate reaction today, but ...
Dem Aide: Obama Team Pushed To Seat Burris
huffingtonpost.com 1/7/2009 — The apparent decision to seat Roland Burris came after aides to President-elect Barack Obama contacted senior Senate Democrats and suggested that they reverse course and accept Gov. Rod Blagojevich's controversial appointment, according to a senior ...
Burris approved for Obama's old Senate seat
reuters.com 1/13/2009 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate officials on Monday approved Roland Burris to fill the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama, which would give Democrats 58 of the Senate's 100 seats, their biggest majority since 1981. Barring ...
Can Senate Dems block Burris? —
First Read 1/2/2009
From NBC's Pete Williams In a tellingly candid statement, a senior aide to Senate Democrats this week said, "we're examining the precedents" and looking to see if "there may be grounds" for refusing to seat Roland Burris as the replacement for ...
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