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Senate leaders plan for arrival of Blagojevich appointee
latimes.com - 1/2/2009
Senate leaders plan for arrival of Blagojevich appointee
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Both sides hope to avoid a scene, but neither is budging on whether Illinois' Roland Burris should be allowed on the floor and seated as Barack Obama's replacement. > Should Roland Burris show up for duty in the Senate on Tuesday, armed police officers stand ready to bar him from the floor.
Aides: Democrats have plan if Burris shows up
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 1/2/2009
Aides: Democrats have plan if Burris shows up
— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — Senate Democrats will not allow Burris on the Senate Floor if he shows up next week. (CNN)... — Senate Democratic leaders think Roland Burris, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's pick to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, ... (more) Aides: Democrats have plan if Burris shows up

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How the Senate can stop Blagojevich. - By Akhil Reed Amar and Josh Chafetz - Slate Magazine
slate.com - 1/1/2009
How the Senate can stop Blagojevich. - By Akhil Reed Amar and Josh Chafetz - Slate Magazine  ...
— slate.com — Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (right) and former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (right)... and former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris Does the Constitution allow the Senate to refuse to seat Roland Burris, ... (more) How the Senate can stop Blagojevich. - By Akhil Reed ...

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blogs.chicagotribune.com - 1/1/2009
Democratic circus deserves Burris | Change of Subject
— blogs.chicagotribune.com — Roland Burris is a disagreeable mediocrity as a politician. Voters have rightly rejected him numerous times in... his bids for higher office—governor, U.S. senator, mayor of Chicago—because he's at least six parts ego to one part performance, a ... (more) Democratic circus deserves Burris | Change of Subject

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TPM Election Central — ... This could be fun: If Roland Burris shows up at the Senate on Tuesday to be sworn in, Senate leaders have a plan for Burris to be greeted by the doorman -- and possibly armed police officers -- who will tell him he is not allowed in. For his part, Burris says he wants to avoid a scene and have this business sorted out before he arrives. ...

Senate Dems To Block Burris' Path To Senate -- Perhaps Even Literally
TPM Election Central — ... for next week is reportedly for Burris to be met at the chamber by a doorman telling him he's not allowed inside. If he still tries to go in, armed police officers could intervene to get him away. Burris told the Los Angeles Times that he wants to avoid a scene and have all of this negotiated before he arrives, but it's unlikely that he could negotiate his way towards actually being seated. ...

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