firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/12/2009
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From NBC's Ken StricklandFollowing up on the earlier post, the Democratic Senate leadership is out with their statement on Roland Burris and has now accepted his credentials.
Statement from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL):"The Secretary of the Senate has determined that the new credentials presented today on behalf of Mr. Burris now satisfy Senate Rules and validate his appointment to the vacant Illinois Senate seat. In addition, as we requested, Mr....( ...
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/12/2009
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Senate Democratic leaders today cleared the way for
Roland Burris to be seated as a senator from
Illinois, after more than a weeklong spectacle surrounding the state’s corruption scandal and the questioning of Mr. Burris’s credentials. After Mr. ...
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Burris Cleared to Take Senate Seat
chicagobreakingnews.com - 1/12/2009
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chicagobreakingnews.com —
WASHINGTON--Roland Burris won his battle to succeed Barack
Obama as the junior senator from Illinois this afternoon
as Senate Democrats dropped their objections and said he should be seated this week. The agreement came after Senat lawyers said Burris ...
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Senate Democrats agree to seat Burris this week
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Democratic leadership: Senate to seat Burris
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... to be sworn in and formally seated later this week." It is highly unlikely Senate Republicans will stand in the way. In a interview with NPR Friday morning, Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said, "Candidly, if Mr. Burris presents the correct paperwork, he's going to be a senator." When NBC News called a senior GOP Senate leadership aide to make sure his party wouldn't object, the aide asked rhetorically, "Why would we take the problem off of shoulders and put it on ours." link: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/01/12/17421...
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