Burris To Meet With Reid, Durbin Wednesday

Roland Burris heads into a pivotal meeting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin on Wednesday with an unmistakable sense of momentum.

He's now got a top Senate Democrat on his side, a growing chorus of Congressional Black Caucus members backing him and an apparent edge in pending lawsuits.

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Comments

[Rustyzipper]

FLASH!! Burris will be seated with in the hour!! AP

[SurrealPumpkin]

Nope, Burris has a few more hoops to jump through. He has to testify at the impeachment hearing in Chicago, get the SoS to sign his certificate of appointment and then be voted on by all the Senators.

I'm in a huff about the last one. Yes, the constitution provides that the Senate shall judge the elections etc. of its members. That said, this had better be a rubber stamp approval. I have problems with the concept that the Senate could refuse to seat my choice of representative on any grounds other then election fraud etc.

[nomobull]

diane feinstein,,the black caucus where were they when obama was running for president and harol ford lost in tenn. and lawsuits =momentum.

[Irish55]

Excellent questions! Where were they?

[Bitsko]

Wake me when it's over.