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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/2/2009
Election Central Morning Roundup
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Senate Leaders Plan To Block Burris From Entering Senate Chamber This could be fun: If Roland Burris shows up at the Senate on Tuesday to be sworn in, Senate leaders have a plan for Burris to be greeted by the doorman -- and possibly armed police officers -- who will tell him he is not allowed ...
Aides: Democrats have plan if Burris shows up
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 1/2/2009
Aides: Democrats have plan if Burris shows up
— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — 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, ... (more) Aides: Democrats have plan if Burris shows up

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blogs.chicagotribune.com - 1/1/2009
Democratic circus deserves Burris | Change of Subject
— blogs.chicagotribune.com — Roland Burris is a disagreeable mediocrity as a politician. Voters have rightly rejected him numerous times in his bids for higher office—governor, U.S. senator, mayor of Chicago—because he's at least six parts ego to one part performance, a ... (more) Democratic circus deserves Burris | Change of Subject

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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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Talking Points Memo — ... Obama reportedly to meet with Congressional leaders on the stimulus package after he arrives in Washington on Monday. That and the day's other political and transition news in the TPM Election Central Morning Roundup. ...

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