Reid cracks Senate door open for Burris
thehill.com 1/4/2009 — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) indicated Sunday that there is a chance that controversial Illinois Senate appointee Roland Burris could be seated in the upper chamber. SEE RELATED STORY Reid, who appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” said ...

Senate leader leaves door ajar for Burris
chicagobreakingnews.com 1/7/2009 — WASHINGTON -- A day after the U.S. Senate barred Roland Burris from being seated, Majority Leader Harry Reid left the door open to his admittance. After a 45-minute meeting this morning between Burris, Reid and his lieutenant, Sen.Dick Durbin, Reid ...

Reid: Burris can't be seated, yet
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 1/7/2009 — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is talking to reporters after meeting with Burris. (CNN) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday the Senate is not yet ready to seat Burris. Watch the press conference on ...

Burris writes Reid
politico.com 1/4/2009 — In a letter to Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, and Dianne Feinstein, a lawyer for Roland Burris forwards his formal appointment documents. "I write to ensure his smooth transition," writes Timothy Wright III, the lawyer, citing Marbury v. ...

Reid's blocking of Burris not about race, Reid declares
latimesblogs.latimes.com 1/8/2009 — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says it is totally ridiculous for "a lot of people" to suggest that his leadership of the barring of African American Roland Burris from the U.S. Senate and his reported pre-arrest recommendation to ...

Reid And Durbin: No Seating Of Burris Yet -- But We Really Like Him
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/7/2009 — At their press conference just now, Harry Reid and Dick Durbin announced that there is no action being taken on Roland Burris' appointment to the Senate -- at least not yet. "There's going to come a time when the entire Senate is going to have to ...

Burris turned away at Senate door
cnn.com 1/6/2009 — Former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris makes his way to the Capitol on Tuesday.

UPDATE: Reid aide denies Senate seating Burris
politico.com 1/7/2009 — A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is denying an AP report that Roland Burris will be seated in the Senate. The report is "wrong," said Reid spokesman Jim Manley. "There are have been no decisons," Manley said.

Obama, Reid, Burris and the Chicago Way
sistertoldjah.com 1/9/2009 — ChiTribune colmnist John Kass serves up stinging criticisms of how Obama handled the Roland Burris drama. What, you, ask? You didn’t know Obama got involved in it and pushed Reid into accepting Burris? Indeed, he did : So the Chicago Way ...

Harry Reid: 'I Don't Work For Obama'
huffingtonpost.com 1/19/2009 — In an interview with The Hill , Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he would not roll over for the new president the way Republicans did for Bush. Reid stated, "I don't believe in the executive power trumping everything... I believe in our ...

With Senate Set to Return, Uncertainty Over Obama’s Seat — NYT > Politics 1/4/2009
As Roland W. Burris prepared to claim his seat, the majority leader insisted the Senate has the legal authority to bar him. >

Reid denies trying to nix Black choices to replace Obama — CNN Political Ticker 1/4/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D Nevada, took great exception Sunday to suggestions that he does not want another African-American to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate. Related: Reid on his plan to deal with ...

Reid Defends Right to Fight Burris Appointment — Wash Post In Congress 1/5/2009
Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid defended his right to block the Senate appointment of former Illinois attorney general Roland W. Burris, but he didn't close the door entirely to Burris eventually getting the job.

Burris may have a chance at Senate seat — L.A. Times - Politics 1/5/2009
Democrats are opposed to Roland Burris getting Obama's Senate seat because he was appointed by scandal-plagued Blagojevich. But the Senate majority leader says, 'There's always room to negotiate.' >  ...

Burris heads to D.C. for showdown — POLITICO.com: Politics 1/5/2009
Burris will meet with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and majority whip Dick Durbin this week.