swamppolitics.com - 1/6/2009
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by Mike Dorning and Mark Silva
"I am the senator,'' says Roland Burris, the former attorney general from Illinois appointed to fill the Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama.
No, he is not, insist the Democratic leaders of the Senate who refuse to seat Burris, not because of ...
news.yahoo.com - 1/6/2009
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news.yahoo.com —
AP - Senate Democrats struggled to avert a
showdown steeped in race and corruption Monday as a
defiant Roland Burris declared, "I'm a United States senator" despite boiling controversy over his appointment to President-elect Barack Obama's seat in ...
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Burris declares he's a senator despite controversy
(AP)
reuters.com - 1/6/2009
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reuters.com —
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
yielded to Republican threats and agreed on Monday not
to immediately seat fellow Democrat Al Franken, whose razor-close victory in Minnesota faces legal challenges. Senate Republicans had ...
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Senate Democrats put off plans to seat Franken
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Burris Denied His Senate Seat
Say Anything —
The Democrats aren’t going to let Burris take his seat. At least not yet.
A determined Roland Burris entered the Secretary of the Senate’s office on the third floor of the Capitol this morning to present his credentials. The media were gathered around the corner - several abreast stretching down the hallway, held back by Capitol police.
Terrance Gainer, the sergeant at arms who would be charged with blocking Burris at the Senate chambers door if necessary, escorted him into the office. The secretary’s office is one ...
Rejected: Senate denies Burris
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... No dramatic standoff at the chamber door, alas. The deed was done quietly in the Senate secretary’s office , the absence of the secretary of state’s signature on the appointment being the casus belli. Franken ...
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Burris turned away from Senate —
CNN.com - Politics 1/6/2009
Roland Burris headed to the Capitol on Tuesday, where he was expected to be denied entry to the Senate chambers as he tried to claim the seat once held by President-elect Barack Obama.
Burris shut out by Senate secretary —
CNN Political Ticker 1/6/2009
Burris told reporters Tuesday he was turned away from the Senate.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris, named by Illinois' controversial governor to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat, said Tuesday morning that he ...
Democrat Roland Burris blocked from Senate —
Reuters: Politics 1/6/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The man named by the scandal-plagued governor of Illinois to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate failed to gain entry on Tuesday when the chamber's secretary rejected as incomplete his credentials for the ...
Burris offered Capitol Hill office space —
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Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has offered Senate Appointee Roland Burris office space not far from the Capitol.
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