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news.yahoo.com - 1/6/2009
Supporters rally behind Blagojevich pick, Burris (AP)
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AP - Just days before a high-stakes showdown in the nation's capital, the man selected to take President-elect Barack Obama's vacated U.S. Senate seat sought spiritual and political support on Sunday at a South Side Chicago church.
Burris declares he's a senator despite controversy (AP)
news.yahoo.com - 1/6/2009
Burris declares he's a senator despite controversy (AP)
— 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 ... (more) Burris declares he's a senator despite controversy (AP)

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Senate Democrats Plan To Accept Burris
cbs2chicago.com - 1/7/2009
Senate Democrats Plan To Accept Burris
— cbs2chicago.com — Senate Democrats plan to accept Roland Burris for President-elect Barack Obama's vacant seat.... (more) Senate Democrats Plan To Accept Burris

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Poll: Half say Burris should be blocked from Sen. seat
usatoday.com - 1/6/2009
Poll: Half say Burris should be blocked from Sen. seat
— usatoday.com — In a spectacle that spilled onto the Capitol steps, Burris was turned away from the Senate Tuesday... as the 111th Congress was gaveled into session. His lawyer, Timothy Wright III, said the Illinois politician was considering more negotiations or a ... (more) Poll: Half say Burris should be blocked from Sen. seat

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Two for Tuesday: Blagojevich and Burris -- Verse-Case Scenario by Tony Peyser
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — Regarding Blagojevich's Pick To Replace Obama "Shouldn't you," asked my BuzzFlash editor Chad "Be looking for words that rhyme with Burris?" As it so happens, there is one that just might work: The Yiddish word for aggravation is ... tsuris. IL Congressman Rush, A Major Burris Supporter, Claims Senate Is "Last Bastion Of Plantation Politics" Bobby, bubbee, it's tough to sell rhetoric That uses words such as "plantation" When a Black man from your state, no less, Will soon be ...

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