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swamppolitics.com - 1/10/2009
Dick Durbin: Senate seat remains open
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by Mark Silva Probably no one would like to see a new junior senator from Illinois seated more than the senior senator from Illinois. But Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) asserts this evening that no one can fill the vacant seat of the former junior senator, President-elect Barack Obama, until ...
Change in Burris' story?
suntimes.com - 1/9/2009
Change in Burris' story?
— suntimes.com — 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. (more) Change in Burris' story?

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chicagobreakingnews.com - 1/9/2009
State court rebuffs Burris on Senate signature
— chicagobreakingnews.com — 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 ... (more) State court rebuffs Burris on Senate signature

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thecapitolfaxblog.com - 1/9/2009
This just in… Supreme Court rejects Burris case - Gives Burris alternative route
— thecapitolfaxblog.com — * 1:43 pm - Here’s the alternative route suggested by the Supremes … There is one final... point we feel constrained to mention. While the Secretary of State has no duty under Illinois law to sign and affix the state seal to the certificate of ... (more) This just in… Supreme Court rejects Burris case - ...

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Pat Dollard | Young Americans:  Breaking - Durbin: Senate Will Not Consider An Obama Replacement Until Blagojevich Is Removed

Top of the Ticket:  Now, Durbin sees new impasse on Roland Burris Senate seat

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Breaking - Durbin: Senate Will Not Consider An Obama Replacement Until Blagojevich Is Removed
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — The Swamp: Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) asserts this evening that no one can fill the vacant seat of the former junior senator, President-elect Barack Obama, until the governor of Illinois is removed from office and his successor names a senator. Durbin, senior senator from Illinois and second-ranking Democrat in the Senate, bases his view on the Illinois Supreme Court’s refusal to force the Illinois secretary of state to sign Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s appointment of Roland Burris, a former attorney general. Secretary of ...

Now, Durbin sees new impasse on Roland Burris Senate seat
Top of the Ticket — ... Now, Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan, who represented White in the case, is back in the fray, according to the Swamp's Mark Silva. She says it's clear now that White "is not the roadblock to Mr. Burris' appointment to the U.S. Senate. It remains within the power of the U.S. Senate to seat Mr. Burris." ...

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