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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/12/2009
Election Central Morning Roundup
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Obama Reworking TARP To Reduce Foreclosures -- And Win Over Congress The Wall St. Journal reports that the Obama transition team is working some key new conditions into the Wall St. bailout, in order to win Congressional authorization for the remaining $350 billion. The bailout would now ...
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/12/2009
Burris Cleared to Take Senate Seat
— thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com — 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. ... (more) Burris Cleared to Take Senate Seat

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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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thehill.com - 1/12/2009
Burris lawyers in Senate Monday
— thehill.com — Lawyers for Roland Burris will be in Washington Monday to meet with Senate attorneys and press their... case for seating Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's (D) controversial appointee. A senior Senate Democratic aide said the various legal teams will ... (more) Burris lawyers in Senate Monday

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