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Ill. panel to grill Burris on Senate appointment
msnbc.msn.com - 1/9/2009
Ill. panel to grill Burris on Senate appointment
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Illinois Republicans are promising tough questions for Senate-appointee Roland Burris on why he accepted a position offered by Gov. Rod Blagojevich and whether he promised anything in return.

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The Moderate Voice:  Vanity Thy Name Is Blagojevich

WTF Is It Now?!?:  Blagoing... going... gone

Pat Dollard | Young Americans:  Down Goes Blago! Down Goes Blago! - With Video

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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politico.com - 1/10/2009
Burris gets OK from Illinois sec. of state
— politico.com — Jesse White signs certificate saying Roland Burris' appointment document is "true and accurate." (more) Burris gets OK from Illinois sec. of state

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politico.com - 1/10/2009
Burris may return to D.C. to demand seat
— politico.com — If Burris' appointment is not accepted, he will file a lawsuit challenging Harry Reid and the Dem leadership's refusal to seat him. (more) Burris may return to D.C. to demand seat

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Vanity Thy Name Is Blagojevich
The Moderate Voice — ... , earlier today the Illinois House Of Representatives voted 114-1-1 to impeach incredibly corrupt Governor Rod ‘Tony Soprano’ Blagojevich. Even the one member who voted no on the resolution said he did so less because he thought the Governor was innocent but because he wasn’t sure of all the evidence. The member who voted present seemed to have done so more out of pique at having lost re-election. ...

Blagoing... going... gone
WTF Is It Now?!? — "In a dramatic display of anger and solidarity over a political scandal that has made Illinois a national laughingstock, lawmakers on Friday voted 114-1 to impeach disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich." ...

Down Goes Blago! Down Goes Blago! - With Video
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — MSNBC: Illinois House impeaches Gov. Rod Blagojevich At a news conference, he says the vote ‘wasn’t a surprise,’ quotes Tennyson SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois House voted overwhelmingly Friday to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich, setting up an unprecedented trial in the state Senate on whether he should be thrown out for abuse of power, including allegations that he tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat. The governor responded with what has become trademark defiance ...

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