Roland Burris Appointment

Illinois GOP Rips Democrats Over Burris

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO (AP) -- On the day Roland Burris was sworn in as a new U.S. senator, the Illinois Republican Party blasted Democrats for letting the state bec...

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Burris: I Never Doubted I Would Be Seated

AP | JULIE HIRSHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Senate appointee Roland Burris will be sworn into office Thursday, his office said, closing a painful and protracted certification ...

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Burris Likely To Be Seated This Week

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Eager to put the scandal-tainted standoff behind them, Senate Democrats accepted Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's Se...

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Senate Violates the Constitution in Turning Away Roland Burris

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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From a legal and Constitutional perspective, the question of whether or not Burris should be allowed to take his seat as the Junior Senator from Illinois is not especially difficult. He should.

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Roland Burris Stakes Claim To Senate Seat: 'I Am The Senator' (VIDEO)

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO - The man who embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich named to fill a vacant Senate seat says he hopes legal details regarding his controversi...

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Roland Burris Built Monument To Himself In Chicago

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roland Burris, the man Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich picked to succeed Barack Obama in the Senate, might get to etch another accolade into the monumen...

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Blagojevich Senate Appointment May Hasten His Impeachment (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gov. Rod Blagojevich's defiant appointment of Roland Burris to the U.S. Senate could wind up hastening his own impeachment, a member of the House impe...

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ROLAND BURRIS: Who Is Blagojevich's Pick For Illinois Senator? (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday appointed former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to fill President-elect Obama's vacant Sen...

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