the-reaction.blogspot.com - 2/24/2009
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By Michael J.W. Stickings With investigations underway , and with more and more evidence that he's a lying, corrupt scoundrel , it is indeed time for Roland Burris to resign. The Washington Post From the moment that Mr. Burris was selected, he strove to portray himself as a blameless ...
suntimes.com - 2/26/2009
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suntimes.com —
BURRIS' SON GOT STATE JOB FROM BLAGO SCANDAL
MUSHROOMS | He serves as housing authority counsel despite...
facing foreclosure on his own home The son of embattled Sen. Roland Burris is a federal tax deadbeat who landed a $75,000-a-year state job under ...
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Burris' son got state job from Blago :: CHICAGO ...
blogs.suntimes.com - 2/24/2009
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WASHINGTON--Embattled Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) meets with Sen.
Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Tuesday afternoon. Burris understands that...
he needs to try to mollify Durbin and he will attempt to do that. Scoop: Burris will also be sending, directly or ...
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Burris and Durbin to meet Tuesday afternoon. Scoop: ...
thehill.com - 2/24/2009
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thehill.com —
Louisiana Sen. David Vitter (R), who survived a
2007 sex scandal, called on Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.)...
to resign Tuesday for his ethical shortcomings. Vitter was connected with a prostitution ring two years ago and dismissed any suggestion of ...
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Scandal-plagued Republican says Burris should resign
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Why Russ Feingold’s Proposal to Amend the 17th Amendment is a Good Idea (and Why George Will is Completely Wrong)
The Moderate Voice —
... But Will’s column today isn’t about McCain-Feingold, it’s about Feingold’s proposed constitutional amendment, an amendment to the 17th Amendment that would require Senate vacancies to be filled by special election only, and not by temporary appointment of the governor. Given the situations in Illinois, where disgraced and soon-to-be outgoing Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed the corrupt and egomaniacal Roland Burris to fill Obama’s seat, and New York, where, in this case, incompetent Gov. David Paterson flirted with Caroline Kennedy, appointed the ...
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