Burris Resign

Burris Surviving Resignation Calls As Governor Backs Off Special Election

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 04.03.2009 | Chicago


SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Roland Burris seems to have weathered the storm. Fellow Democrats are no longer demanding his resignation. The new Illinois ...

Quinn Again Calls For Burris To Resign

Chicago Tribune | Jeff Long | Posted 04.01.2009 | Chicago


Gov. Pat Quinn on Sunday re-iterated his call for Roland Burris to resign the U.S. Senate seat that ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed him to, sayi...

Burris Presides Over Senate, Gives Speech Day After Being Told To Resign

AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 03.28.2009 | Chicago


WASHINGTON — Sen. Roland Burris went back to work Wednesday, giving a speech on the Senate floor and presiding over a body he's been told by man...

Burris Special Election Blocked By Top Illinois Dems

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics


SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A plan to change the way Illinois fills vacant U.S. Senate seats faces a tough road in the state Legislature, despite the ne...

Sam Stein

Schakowsky: Hold Election Even If Burris Doesn't Resign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics


Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky, who publicly expressed her interest in replacing Barack Obama in the Senate back when that process wasn't entirely taint...