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Democrat: Blagojevich 'called our bluff' on Senate pick
cnn.com - 1/7/2009
Democrat: Blagojevich 'called our bluff' on Senate pick
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Sens. Reid and Dick Durbin, left, talk to reporters after their meeting with Burris.
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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huffingtonpost.com - 1/8/2009
Burris Admits He Reached Out To Blago Adviser Named In Criminal Complaint
— huffingtonpost.com — Inches away from securing a seat in the United States Senate, Roland Burris suffered what could be... a serious setback on Thursday. Appearing before an Illinois House impeachment committee in regards to the role by which he became the Senate ... (more) Burris Admits He Reached Out To Blago Adviser Named In ...

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swampland.blogs.time.com - 1/2/2009
Blagojevich v. The Senate: Going To The Mat
— swampland.blogs.time.com — 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.  ... (more) Blagojevich v. The Senate: Going To The Mat

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Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News:  Democrat: Blagojevich 'called our bluff' on Senate pick

Balloon Juice:  Someone Is Going To Get a Strongly Worded Letter…

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Democrat: Blagojevich 'called our bluff' on Senate pick
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... called our bluff, in a reckless way," the Democratic source said. A second senior Democratic source said that the issue had clearly become a "heightened situation" that needed to be dealt with and that Burris' face-to-face meeting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Majority Whip Dick Durbin on Wednesday helped to establish a "person-to-person dialogue." Burris described his meeting with Senate leadership as warm and called Reid a "very warm and charming gentleman." Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/07/illinois.senate/...

Someone Is Going To Get a Strongly Worded Letter…
Balloon Juice — So much fail: Senate Democrats have no choice but to change their tone about Roland Burris becoming a U.S. senator because Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich “called our bluff” in appointing someone over their objections, a senior Democratic congressional source conceded Wednesday. “We tried to send a political signal to Blagojevich that we would not seat someone he appointed. He called our bluff, in a reckless way,” the Democratic source said. You mean after a near decade of ...

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