swampland.blogs.time.com - 2/18/2009
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On the Air Force One flight from Phoenix to Washington, White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs made his first public comment about the recent revelations concerning Sen. Roland Burris. Here is a transcript of the exchange.
QUESTION: You were asked a couple times yesterday about the President's ...
chicagotribune.com - 2/18/2009
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Sen. Roland "Tombstone" Burris (D-Lying Weasel) hatches his
lies by the minute; they bubble out of his...
mouth like insect larvae from the mud. Once their wings are dry, they launch from our senator's lips and buzz. Yet with all the buzzing, let's ...
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Blame for Burris mess isn't Blagojevich's alone -
blogs.suntimes.com - 2/19/2009
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WASHINGTON--Embattled Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) is cancelling his
Thursday schedule, where he was to have met with...
Rockford area civic, elected and religious leaders as Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) sent out a very frosty statement, saying Burris failed ...
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Burris in the bunker. Cancels Thursday schedule. Durbin ...
thehill.com - 2/18/2009
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thehill.com —
Rep. Phil Hare (D-Ill.) has called on embattled
Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) to resign, becoming the first...
member of Congress to call on the appointee to give up his seat. "I believe it is in the best interest of all Illinoisans that Sen. Burris ...
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Rep. Hare calls for Burris to resign
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White House: Illinois Deserves Truth About Burris
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Press Secretary Gibbs says the Illinois Senator should clarify any contact he has had with Blago or his associates while speaking to reporters Wednesday.
"I think in many ways he was seated based on those representations, and I think that the people of Illinois deserve to know...the full extent of any involvement." ...
Vise Closing on Burris
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
Sen. Roland Burris (D-IL) is canceling his Thursday schedule, Lynn Sweet reports.
Meanwhile, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) "sent out a very frosty statement, saying Burris failed to disclose under oath the nature of his relationship with former Gov. Blagojevich." Earlier today, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs also made a less-than-helpful statement.
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Here's what Burris said. Was he forthcoming?
blogs.suntimes.com 2/15/2009 — Here's how the question and answer session went when U.S. Sen. Roland Burris testified under oath before a House impeachment panel on Jan. 8.
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APNewsBreak: Black pastors to ask Burris to resign
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DID DEMOCRATS COVER UP BURRIS LIES TO GET STIM BILL PASSED?
rightwingnuthouse.com 2/18/2009 — My friend Tom Elia at the New Editor raised this question in an email and it bears looking into.
The fact is, if this mess with Burris had been made public back on February 5 when the Illinois senator submitted his “corrected” affadavit ...
Burris' affidavit also filed with Supreme Court
suntimes.com 2/20/2009 — If Sen. Roland Burris misled an Illinois House impeachment panel with a false account of his appointment, he did the same thing with the Illinois Supreme Court last month. In a lawsuit to force Secretary of State Jesse White to certify his appointment ...
Burris goes on defense
chicagobreakingnews.com 2/16/2009 — U.S. Sen. Roland Burris said today he didn't have any inappropriate contact with allies of ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich about his desire for Illinois' Senate seat, and he defended his evolving explanation of what happened as an effort to make sure all the ...
Burris confirms request for Blagojevich donation
news.yahoo.com 2/15/2009 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Raising fresh questions about his appointment to Congress, Sen. Roland Burris admitted in a document released Saturday that former Gov. Rod Blagojevich 's brother asked him for campaign fundraising help before the governor named ...
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Mr. Burris Goes To Washington
firedoglake.com 1/7/2009 — The Secretary of the Senate turned Burris away.
Chris Cilizza is on my teevee saying "everything in the Senate is like high school."
No kidding. The optics of this are just awful.
MSNBC is saying that they're trying to give Burris ...
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