latimesblogs.latimes.com - 1/11/2009
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The never-gonna-happen-everything's-open-for-negotiation-no-you-can't-well-maybe-you-can seating of Roland Burris in Barack Obama's empty U.S. Senate seat now seems back to the never-gonna-happen stage.
In Chicago last night, Illinois' other senator, Dick Durbin , No. 2 Senate ...
Burris will likely get seat, after all
boston.com 1/7/2009 — After repeatedly saying they wouldn't accept him and turning him away Tuesday, it now appears that Senate Democrats eventually plan to seat Roland Burris after all. After Burris met privately with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senator Dick ...
Durbin: We Still Won't Seat Burris
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/9/2009 — Dick Durbin just made a very bold announcement , in the wake of the Illinois Supreme Court decision that Roland Burris does not need the Secretary of State's signature on his certificate: As far as the Senate is concerned, Burris still needs that ...
Report: Burris Will Get Obama Senate Seat - Political Hotsheet
cbsnews.com 1/7/2009 — Roland Burris, the man appointed to Barack Obama's Senate seat by embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, will be allowed to take the seat, according to the Associated Press. Spokespersons for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Illinois Sen. Dick ...
Who Is Roland Burris?
dcexaminer.com 1/13/2009 — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has climbed down from his initial refusal to allow the seating of Roland Burris to succeed President-elect Barack Obama as the junior senator from Illionis.
Burris was appointed by embattled Illinois Gov. Rod ...
Durbin Folding on Burris? Already?
firedoglake.com 1/10/2009 —
Although Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is still refusing to sign Burris's certificate of appointment, he signed a certificate yesterday saying that Blagojevich's original appointment is "true and accurate."
And after all the ...
Fiasco Watch: Blagojevich And Burris
dailykos.com 1/3/2009 — With only three days until the potential showdown between Roland Burris and the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms, there's quite a bit of news on the Blagojevich-Burris front. Yesterday, Burris filed an emergency request : ... urging the Illinois Supreme ...
Change in Burris' story?
suntimes.com 1/9/2009 — 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.
Roland Burris Sworn Into Senate, Replaces Obama
huffingtonpost.com 1/15/2009 — WASHINGTON — Roland Burris took his place as Barack Obama's successor in the Senate on Thursday, ending a standoff that embarrassed the president-elect and fellow Democrats who initially resisted the appointment by scandal-scarred Illinois Gov. ...
Democrats to seat Burris? - Manu Raju
politico.com 1/7/2009 — Democratic aides are disputing reports that there is a deal to seat Roland Burris, even as Burris sits behind closed doors negotiating with Majority Leader Harry Reid and Majority Whip Dick Durbin. The Associated Press reported a deal had been made, ...
The Battle of Burris
spectator.org 1/6/2009 —
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich may not have the most finely
developed code of ethics, but his sense of the dramatic is
impeccable. Clinging desperately to his hold on power, which has
been tenuous since his arrest on federal corruption charges ...
'Gnawing' Burris trumps Summers? —
First Read 1/12/2009
From NBC’s Ken Strickland Attorneys for Roland Burris are expected to file new documents tomorrow with the U.S. Senate in a renewed effort to claim the seat vacated by Barack Obama . According to Dick Durbin , the state's senior senator, a ...
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