onthehillblog.blogspot.com - 1/8/2009
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It is to Reid's credit that he is trying, with skill and honor, to find a solution to the Burris mess. Yet it is puzzling and confounding that while he is taking on the controversy surrounding Burris, the Senate leader appears to be punting the other major showdown in the Senate: seating Al Franken.
Status on Burris and Franken
firstread.msnbc.msn.com 1/6/2009 —
From NBC's Ken Strickland Roland Burris and Al Franken will not be seated as U.S. senators today, nor will they be allowed on the Senate floor. This is because both men have yet to produce election certificates approved by Senate rules.
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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 ...
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 ...
Democrats to seat Burris? - Manu Raju
politico.com 1/7/2009 — Democratic aides are disputing reports that there is a deal to seat Roland Burris, even as Burris sits behind closed doors negotiating with Majority Leader Harry Reid and Majority Whip Dick Durbin. The Associated Press reported a deal had been made, ...
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 ...
Can Franken Give Burris His Daily Affirmation?
fivethirtyeight.com 1/5/2009 — One of the quirks of the unresolved senate race in Minnesota and Illinois is that it really does the Democrats no good to have just one of Al Franken and Roland Burris seated -- they only gain ground if and when both get sworn in. This is why. ...
Burris turned away from Senate
chicagobreakingnews.com 1/6/2009 — _burris400.jpg Burris arrives on Capitol Hill this morning. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) WASHINGTON -- Former Illinois Atty. Gen. Roland Burris was turned away from the U.S. Senate this morning. "My name is Roland Burris, the junior senator from the state ...
Burris blocked!
althouse.blogspot.com 1/6/2009 — Just now. That's it? Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Monday that Burris would not be permitted to take his seat because Burris "has not been certified by the state of Illinois," a reference to incomplete paperwork that only touches ...
Poll: Half say Burris should be blocked from Sen. seat
usatoday.com 1/6/2009 — In a spectacle that spilled onto the Capitol steps, Burris was turned away from the Senate Tuesday as the 111th Congress was gaveled into session. His lawyer, Timothy Wright III, said the Illinois politician was considering more negotiations or a ...
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. ...
Downballot: What Burris means for Franken —
First Read 1/8/2009
MINNESOTA: The Minneapolis Star Tribune makes the case that "The chances of seating a new Minnesota senator any time soon faded drastically Wednesday as Democratic leaders announced that they will not recognize a new senator without a state election ...
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