dailykos.com - 2/18/2009
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The calls mount for Roland Burris to resign his Senate seat. From the Chicago Tribune : The benefit of the doubt had already been stretched thin and taut by the time Roland Burris offered his third version of the events leading to his appointment to the U.S. Senate. It finally snapped like ...
washingtonpost.com - 2/19/2009
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Clouds Gather Over Roland Burris
blogs.suntimes.com - 2/19/2009
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WASHINGTON--Embattled Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) is cancelling his
Thursday schedule, where he was to have met with
Rockford area civic, elected and religious leaders as Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) sent out a very frosty statement, saying Burris failed ...
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Burris in the bunker. Cancels Thursday schedule. Durbin ...
thehill.com - 2/18/2009
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Rep. Phil Hare (D-Ill.) has called on embattled
Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) to resign, becoming the first
member of Congress to call on the appointee to give up his seat. "I believe it is in the best interest of all Illinoisans that Sen. Burris ...
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Rep. Hare calls for Burris to resign
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2/18: It's Time To Go, Roland
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February 18, 2009 2/18: It's Time To Go, Roland Most liberal bloggers are calling on Sen. Roland Burris (D-IL) to resign following his admission that he tried (unsuccessfully) to raise money for ex-IL Gov. Rod Blagojevich before Blagojevich appointed him to the Senate. Lefty bloggers believe that Burris "has sunk whatever credibility he might have once had," and some are urging the Senate to expel Burris if he refuses to resign on his own. Conservative bloggers, meanwhile, are enjoying "the latest embarrassment to Democrats ...
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the-reaction.blogspot.com 2/18/2009 — By Michael J.W. Stickings First he said he had no contact with then-Gov. Blagojevich's office, then he said he did (but denied fundraising), and now, the corruption oozing ever faster, he has admitted that he engaged in fundraising for Blagojevich ...
APNewsBreak: Black pastors to ask Burris to resign
breitbart.com 2/19/2009 — CHICAGO (AP) - A group of black ministers who supported U.S. Sen. Roland Burris as he fought to get his job now plan to ask for his resignation following revelations that he tried to raise money for the disgraced governor who appointed him, one of ...
DID DEMOCRATS COVER UP BURRIS LIES TO GET STIM BILL PASSED?
rightwingnuthouse.com 2/18/2009 — My friend Tom Elia at the New Editor raised this question in an email and it bears looking into.
The fact is, if this mess with Burris had been made public back on February 5 when the Illinois senator submitted his “corrected” affadavit ...
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CNN Political Ticker 2/18/2009
(CNN) — The largest newspaper in Illinois on Tuesday called for U.S. Sen. Roland Burris to resign, a day after Burris detailed several conversations with impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother he had failed to mention under oath.
Burris, ...
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