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dcexaminer.com - 1/13/2009
Who Is Roland Burris?
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has climbed down from his initial refusal to allow the seating of Roland Burris to succeed  President-elect Barack Obama as the junior senator from Illionis. Burris was appointed by embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich despite warnings and pleas from ...
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/12/2009
Burris Cleared to Take Senate Seat
— thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com — 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. ... (more) Burris Cleared to Take Senate Seat

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chicagobreakingnews.com - 1/12/2009
Senate Democrats agree to seat Burris this week
— 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 ... (more) Senate Democrats agree to seat Burris this week

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politico.com - 1/12/2009
Dem Senators will swear in Burris
— politico.com — Roland Burris saga is over, as Democratic Senate leaders have accepted his credentials.... (more) Dem Senators will swear in Burris

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ROLAND BURRIS MONEY QUESTIONS: The soap opera continues….
Instapundit — ROLAND BURRIS MONEY QUESTIONS: The soap opera continues.

Maybe Roland Burris needs a bailout
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Despite being in the news for the past two weeks, Roland Burris still seems like a mystery to most of us outside of Illinois.  My friend Mark Tapscott tries to shed some light on the new junior Senator from the Land of Lincoln, and discovers that Burris is a man indebted to his supporters … literally : Illinois campaign finance records reveal another side of Roland Burris that may give pause to those worried by the growing congressional culture of lobbyists wielding special interest influence to gain questionable earmarks, pork barrel spending contracts and insider favors with ...

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hosted.ap.org 2/16/2009 — CHICAGO (AP) -- One month after Roland Burris was sworn in to the U.S. Senate to represent Illinois and fill Barack Obama's vacant seat, he's hearing calls for his resignation. "I can't believe anything that comes out of Mr. Burris at this point," ...
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archpundit.com 1/27/2009 — Sigh Speaking this morning at a Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast, the state’s new junior U.S. senator, Roland Burris said that without Burris’ own trailblazing, Barack Obama never would have been elected president. “If there was no Martin Luther ...
Burris Donated Thousands to Blagojevich; Won Contracts
newsmax.com 1/1/2009 — Roland Burris, the former Illinois Attorney General named by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to fill the U. S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama, is a lobbyist who has contributed over $15,000 to the governor's campaign while also ...
Sen. Feinstein Breaks With Democrats to Back Burris Appointment - FOXNews.com Transition Tracker
foxnews.com 1/7/2009 — A key Democrat broke with her Senate colleagues Tuesday to support Roland Burris in his controversial bid to assume Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat. California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee that soon could take up ...
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firstread.msnbc.msn.com 1/6/2009 — The man embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich chose to succeed Obama in the Senate -- Roland Burris -- today heads to Washington. Yesterday, the Chicago Tribune writes, Burris “sought spiritual and political sustenance tonight at a church on Chicago's ...
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rightsoup.com 2/15/2009 — Nothing like holding a Sunday afternoon press conference hoping that the 24/7 news cycle may offer up something tastier to bury your story! Unfortunately for Roland Burris , the press smells blood, and is quite miffed at the new senator from Illinois. Gov. Hot Rod Blagojevich’s ...
Federal authorities question Burris about appointment :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Roland Burris
suntimes.com 2/21/2009 — Federal authorities questioned U.S. Senator Roland Burris today at his lawyer's office -- a long-awaited interview involving his U.S. Senate seat appointment — the Sun-Times-NBC/5 team has learned. Burris is not accused of wrongdoing but was ...
First thoughts: Rolled over by Roland — First Read 1/13/2009
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Carrie Dann*** Rolled over by Roland: Senate Democrats’ national embarrassment is finally over now that they have decided to allow Roland Burris to take Obama’s vacated seat later this week. As we ...
Congress: Sen. Roland Burris — First Read 1/13/2009
“Senate Democratic leaders said Monday that Roland W. Burris would be seated as the new senator from Illinois, resolving a conflict that had drawn the Senate into a corruption scandal surrounding Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich,” the New York Times writes. ...
Democrats drop objections to Roland Burris appointment — L.A. Times - Politics 1/13/2009
The former state attorney general picked by embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich as Barack Obama's replacement expects to be seated this week. He extends an olive branch to his opponents. >  ...
Roland Burris to Be Sworn In as Senator on Thursday — WSJ.com: Washington Wire 1/13/2009
Susan Davis reports on Congress. Once embattled and now embraced, Illinois Senate nominee Roland Burris will be sworn in to the chamber on Thursday at 2:00 p.m. EST by Vice President Dick Cheney , acting in his role as president of the ...
Burris to Take Seat in Senate As Credentials Standoff Ends — Wash Post In Congress 1/13/2009
The Senate will swear in Roland W. Burris as the junior senator from Illinois this week, ending a standoff that had become an embarrassment for Democratic leaders and President-elect Barack Obama.