time.com - 1/6/2009
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All the attention Tuesday will be on the two potential freshman senators not in attendance, Roland Burris and Al Franken, not the elite club's nine newly elected members
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111th Congress Comes to Town Tuesday
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... But: Attention likely to be on the two potential freshman senators not sworn in -- Roland Burris and Al Franken. ...
Burris Drama
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Softening on Burris
Swampland —
... Obviously yesterday's nasty scene left a bad taste in the mouths of Senate Democratic leaders. While they aren't going to immediately seat Burris, as was ...
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firstread.msnbc.msn.com 1/7/2009 — From NBC's Carrie Dann and Mike Viqueira For the first hour of the 111th Congress, the nation’s lawmakers were all smiles on the House floor. Freshmen thrust their hands across the aisle -- literally -- as they introduced themselves to their ...
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