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washingtonpost.com - 2/18/2009

Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) must go.

— washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from... the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) must go.

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Roland Burris, resign | Vox Pop

— newsblogs.chicagotribune.com — The benefit of the doubt had already been stretched thin and taut by the time Roland Burris... offered his third version of the events leading to his appointment to the U.S. Senate. It finally snapped like a rubber band, popping him on that long ... (more) Roland Burris, resign | Vox Pop

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Roland Burris, resign -

— chicagotribune.com — About the affidavit Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., talks to the media about an affidavit that he filed... Feb. 5 with the Illinois House committee. ( Tribune photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo / February 15, 2009) (more) Roland Burris, resign -

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Burris' Day: Two Perjury Probes, and Calls For Resignation
TPMMuckraker — ... Then, we learned that two investigations have been launched into the new senator's shifting explanations. One is described by the Chicago Tribune as "a perjury review," being conducted by John Schmidt, the local prosecutor in Springfield, and a Republican. Schmidt said he was acting on a request from Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. And the Senate ethics committee opened its own probe into the perjury question yesterday, The Hill confirmed. Then late last night, the Tribune and the Washington ...

ThinkFast: February 18, 2009
Think Progress — ... . … While actions could extend to expulsion, the committee often opts for less severe punishments such as letters of admonition.” ...

Burris Should Resign
Pundits Blog — ... ) I feel like the stock market lately regarding my thoughts on Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) — disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s (D) pick to succeed Barack Obama as the next junior senator from Illinois. There have been high times and low times. I was high on the senator because I believed him to be a man of character — that and the fact that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and his band of cronies couldn’t produce one compelling reason they shouldn’t seat Mr. Burris. I was also consistently low on the man, for reasons I stated when his name was first ...

Burris Ethics Investigation Begins
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — The Senate Ethics Committee "has opened a preliminary inquiry into Sen. Roland Burris's (D-IL) conflicting testimony on the circumstances surrounding his appointment," according to The Hill. A spokeswoman for Ethics Committee Chairwoman Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) confirmed the investigation last night. The Hotline: "The last time the committee recommended expulsion? 1995. The committee voted unanimously that Sen. Bob Packwood (R-OR) should be expelled for sexual misconduct, among other behavior. Packwood resigned before the full Senate could vote ...

Don’t Throw Burris Under Bus
Pundits Blog — ... , or expelled from the Senate? No way. Sure, Burris’s showed bad judgment in not immediately revealing his contacts with Blagojevich’s brother, nor his failed efforts to line up contributions to the former governor. But he wrote no check. He raised not a dime. He committed no crime. And, no matter how unethical his conduct, at least he didn’t solicit sex from an undercover cop in an airport men’s room, nor make phone calls to prostitutes from the Senate floor. One of those Republican senators is ...

Roland Burris Must Resign
The Democratic Daily — With investigations underway in Illinois, an ethics probe launched in the Senate, and more and more evidence that he’s a lying, corrupt scoundrel, it is indeed time for Roland Burris to resign. The Washington Post From the moment that Mr. Burris was selected, he strove to portray himself as a blameless public servant. The sad pictures of Mr. Burris being cast out into the rain by the Democratic leadership of the Senate, which initially refused to seat him, turned public opinion in his favor. Mr. Burris got his ...

Roland Burris Must Resign
The Moderate Voice — With investigations underway in Illinois, an ethics probe launched in the Senate, and more and more evidence that he’s a lying, corrupt scoundrel, it is indeed time for Roland Burris to resign. The Washington Post From the moment that Mr. Burris was selected, he strove to portray himself as a blameless public servant. The sad pictures of Mr. Burris being cast out into the rain by the Democratic leadership of the Senate, which initially refused to seat him, turned public opinion in his favor. Mr. Burris got his ...