Senator Burris

Former Burris Aide: "It's Been Painful To Watch"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Roland Burris' former communications guru offered a valiant defense of his old boss Monday morning, but in doing so acknowledged the obvious: the...

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Can I Get You Anything, Senator? Your Hat and Coat, Perhaps?

Leighann Lord | Posted 05.25.2011

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Presidents Lincoln and Obama notwithstanding, aren't we supposed to grade Illinois politicians on a curve? They get an asterisk next to their names like steroid-filled baseball players.

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Roland Burris Plans 'Listening Tour' Of State

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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February 13, 2009 (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) -- Sen. Roland Burris plans a "listening tour" next week that will take him to several Illinois cities for the f...

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Paging Roland Burris: Constituents Finding New Senator Hard To Reach

NBC Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

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llinois residents anxious to share their thoughts with newly-appointed Sen. Roland Burris are finding it's not an easy task. Wayne Lovern, of Chatham...

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Roland Burris Cramming In "Senate School"

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Thursday morning, Sen. Roland Burris was in "Senate school," learning, with other new senators huddled around the podium in the Senate c...

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Roland Burris Cheered At Obama Inauguration Festivities

The Pantagraph | Kurt Erickson | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Roland Burris was welcomed with hearty cheers at a Capitol Hill reception and shouts of encouragement on the streets of Washington...

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As Attorney General, Roland Burris Steered State Business To Friends, Gave Jobs To Family

ProPublica | Ben Protess | Posted 05.25.2011

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Politicians and the media [1] largely have portrayed Sen. Roland Burris as an upstanding public official. As Barack Obama described his replacement in...

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Burris' Fate Could Be Decided Monday

cnn.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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The fate of Senate-appointee Roland Burris could be decided as soon as Monday, Democratic sources said, as the Senate's Parliamentarian and legal coun...

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Senate Sergeant At Arms Expects No Trouble From Burris, An Old Acquaintance

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic leaders plan to grant few if any privileges next week to Roland Burris, the man picked by Illinois Gov. Rod Blago...

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Blagojevich May Accompany Burris To Washington

CBS 2 | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his U.S. Senate appointee, former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris, might be heading to Washington, D.C., for next wee...

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Black Lawmakers: Burris Pick Won't Help Blagojevich

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Roland Burris is battling for a U.S. Senate seat in court and through the media, briefly shifting the spotlight away from the man who ...

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ROLAND BURRIS: Blagojevich Appoints Former Attorney General To Obama's Senate Seat

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A defiant Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday named a black political trailblazer to Barack Obama's Senate seat, a surprise move that put ...

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