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briefingroom.thehill.com - 1/8/2009
Obama Predicts Florida to Win Nat'l Championship
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President-elect Obama is again weighing in on college football, this time to predict that the University of Florida will defeat the University of Oklahoma Thursday's BCS Championship Game. Obama told The New York Times that he believes Florida will win, especially if injured running back Percy ...
chicagotribune.com - 1/8/2009
Senate's Democratic majority clears path for Roland Burris -
— chicagotribune.com — WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate's Democratic majority opened the way Wednesday for Roland Burris to become Illinois'... next senator, pressured by President-elect Barack Obama to remove a politically consuming distraction less than two weeks before he ... (more) Senate's Democratic majority clears path for Roland Burris -

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huffingtonpost.com - 1/8/2009
Burris Admits He Reached Out To Blago Adviser Named In Criminal Complaint
— huffingtonpost.com — Inches away from securing a seat in the United States Senate, Roland Burris suffered what could be... a serious setback on Thursday. Appearing before an Illinois House impeachment committee in regards to the role by which he became the Senate ... (more) Burris Admits He Reached Out To Blago Adviser Named In ...

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huffingtonpost.com - 1/7/2009
Jane Hamsher: I Want To Play Poker With Harry Reid
— huffingtonpost.com — I want to play poker with Harry Reid. Really I do. Rather than call for a special... election in Illinois to fill Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, Reid sends a letter to Rod Blagojevich signed by everyone in the Democratic caucus asking him to step ... (more) Jane Hamsher: I Want To Play Poker With Harry Reid

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Rep. Cliff Stearns Proposes Suspending Congress So That Cliff Stearns Can Attend a Football Game — Politics Daily
Speaker Pelosi, sorry to bother you, but hardworking Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) has been back on the job for nearly 3 days this congressional term. Don't you think it's time he got a break to watch football? And on the topic, could you suspend all voting while he's away? Stearns, a Republican ...
Fla. Rep. Stearns Asks for BCS Break; Pelosi Says No — News
Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to delay votes so he could watch college football's national championship game Thursday, but Pelosi isn't granting it. Stearns wrote to Pelosi Tuesday asking for the time off so that he and other House members could go down ...