1.0 link 155565 <![CDATA[Burris Refused Senate Seat On Capitol Arrival (VIDEO)]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/06/burris-refused-senate-sea_n_155565.html WASHINGTON &mdash; Roland Burris announced Tuesday he was rejected for Barack Obama's Senate seat, in a bizarre rainy-day scene on the Capitol grounds as lawmakers awaited the gaveling of the 111th Congress into session.

Standing amid a huge throng of reporters and television cameras in a cold and steady rain, Burris, 71, declared that he had been informed that "my credentials are not in order and will not be accepted."

The former Illinois attorney general said...

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