blogs.abcnews.com - 1/3/2009
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The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., called Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich before his arrest to argue against his appointing Democratic Illinois Reps. Jesse Jackson, Jr., or Danny Davis or State Senate President Emil Jones to...
suntimes.com - 1/3/2009
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suntimes.com —
Reid pressured Blagojevich not to appoint Jackson Jr.
to Obama's U.S. Senate seat Days before Gov. Blagojevich...
was charged with trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat to the highest bidder, top Senate Democrat Harry Reid made ...
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Sources: Reid pressured governor on Senate replacement ...
news.yahoo.com - 1/4/2009
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news.yahoo.com —
WASHINGTON (Reuters) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said
on Sunday that "legal authority" exists under the Constitution...
to bar embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's pick to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, but added there ...
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Reid cites "legal authority" to bar Illinois ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 1/4/2009
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A quick update on the Democrats' molten stew
that is the scandal surrounding Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich...
and his controversial appointment of Roland Burris as the state's new senator to fill the vacant seat of president-elect Barack Obama . ...
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Blagojevich says Sen. Reid sought to influence his Obama ...
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Fiasco Watch: Blagojevich And Burris
Daily Kos —
... fuckin’ nothing. I’m not gonna do it. And, and I can always use it. I can parachute me there. In a move that was described as "pretty standard," the Department of Homeland Security: ... has revoked embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich's access to classified federal security information, officials said Friday. If Blagaojevich's taped conversations are released, we'll be hearing Harry Reid's voice: The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Senate ...
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