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Will Illinois Need To Vote Twice For Obama's Senate Replacement?

Posted 05.25.2011

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The election to replace Roland Burris as the junior senator from Illinois is heating up, with Mark Kirk and Alexi Giannoulias fighting tooth and nail ...

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Most Corrupt Congressmen: Blago Lands Burris, Jackson Jr. On List

Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 05.25.2011

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Their quest for the vacant U.S. Senate seat of President Barack Obama has landed Sen. Roland Burris and U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. on a watchdog grou...

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Blago: Brother's Taped Call With Burris Shows 'Nothing Inappropriate'

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says a recently released phone conversation taped secretly by federal authorities shows his broth...

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Burris: Blame Impeachment Panel For Bad Questions, Not Me

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — U.S. Sen. Roland Burris said Thursday that he did not mislead lawmakers investigating his Senate appointment because they fa...

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No Recovery For Burris' Image: AP

AP | DAVID MERCER | Posted 05.25.2011

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DECATUR, Ill. — Sen. Roland Burris said Wednesday he did not tell an Illinois House impeachment committee that he promised to help then-Gov. Rod...

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Burris Says He Didn't Do Anything Wrong (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Roland Burris says he never participated in a pay-to-play scheme despite the release of a transcript in which he offers to "...

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Would Burris Have Sent Blago a Check? Probably, but Then Blago Got Arrested

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Does anyone believe that Burris, who was panting after the Senate appointment as the capstone to his headstone, would not have delivered the check had Blagojevich not been arrested?

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Flustered Burris Maintains Innocence On "Hardball" (WATCH)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roland Burris began Wednesday by explaining to reporters how a recording of a telephone call of him promising the brother of former Gov. Rod Blagojevi...

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Burris Maintains Innocence As He Embarks On Tour Of Central Illinois

AP | DAVID MERCER | Posted 05.25.2011

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DECATUR, Ill. — Sen. Roland Burris said Wednesday he did not tell an Illinois House impeachment committee that he promised to help then-Gov. Rod...

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Durbin: I Won't Support Burris Again (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Illinois' senior Senator Dick Durbin said Wednesday he would not support his embattled colleague Roland Burris for a second term in 2010. On Tuesday ...

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Secret Recordings Between Burris And Blagojevich's Brother To Be Released

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Sen. Roland Burris promised to "personally do something" for Rod Blagojevich's campaign fund while pressing for the then-Illinois gove...

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Roland Burris, Off The Hook

Marcel Pacatte | Posted 05.25.2011

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Burris knows exactly what he is doing. All these years I thought he was decent but dim. Turns out it was an act that I, and many others in Illinois, bought.

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Burris Promised He'd 'Do Something' For Blagojevich Before Senate Appointment

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Sen. Roland Burris promised to "personally do something" for Gov. Rod Blagojevich's campaign fund while pressing the then-governor's b...

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Burris Promises To Cooperate With Perjury Investigation

AP | JIM SUHR | Posted 05.25.2011

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GRANITE CITY, Ill. — Flashing his easy smile and wearing a power suit, U.S. Sen. Roland Burris signed autographs and shook hands after helping b...

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Burris: Blago Indictment 'Has Nothing To Do With Me'

The Hill | Aaron Blake and J. Taylor Rushing | Posted 05.25.2011

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With former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) expected to be indicted Thursday by the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago, the man he controversially ap...

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Burris Yet To Release Promised Memo Clearing Him Of Perjury

ProPublica | Ben Protess | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Roland Burris (D-IL) claims he has proof he never made an inconsistent statement about his appointment to the Senate, only he can't show it to yo...

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House Panel Blocks Special Election To Oust Burris

Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Efforts to remove Roland Burris from the U.S. Senate hit yet another roadblock Wednesday in the Illinois Legislature. A House com...

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Burris Ally John Ruff Suggests Burris, Blagojevich Quid Pro Quo

Chicago Sun-Times | DAVE MCKINNEY AND CHRIS FUSCO | Posted 05.25.2011

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On the same December day then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich named Roland Burris to fill President Obama's U.S. Senate vacancy, Burris' right-hand political man...

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Burris Still Has Senate Clout, Despite Furor

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Despite the furor surrounding Sen. Roland Burris, experts say Illinois is unlikely to suffer much from having a senator who'...

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Governor Quinn Looking Into State Hiring Of Burris' Son

AP | JOHN O'CONNOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. Pat Quinn is reviewing how the son of embattled U.S. Sen. Roland Burris got a state job as a housing-agency lawyer unde...

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Quinn Investigating How Burris' Son Got State Job From Blago Administration

AP | JOHN O'CONNOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. Pat Quinn is reviewing how the son of embattled U.S. Sen. Roland Burris got a state job as a housing-agency lawyer unde...

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Geoghegan Files Lawsuit To Force Special Election To Oust Burris

Progress Illinois | Posted 05.25.2011

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If the General Assembly or the U.S. Senate Ethics Committee isn't prepared to unseat Sen. Roland Burris, labor lawyer and 5th Congressional District c...

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Roland Burris Perjury Questions: More Omissions In Testimony

ProPublica | Ben Protess | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roland Burris has blamed state lawmakers for his shifting accounts of how he became a Senator. The lawmakers, he said, failed to elicit the full story...

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Burris Facing Investigations As Newspapers, Politicians Call For His Resignation

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Should he resign? Can he be forced out? Will he face criminal charges? Illinoisans who thought they had put one big mess behind them ...

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Burris Bound For Ethics Committee Grilling

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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That didn't take long. Roland Burris, the newest senator from Illinois, might be setting a new record for the quickest dash from the swearing-in cere...

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