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Sam Stein

Roland Burris Reprimanded By Senate Ethics Committee

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Committee Remprimand, Rod Blagojevich, Burris Ethics Committee, Roland Burris, Burris Senate Seat, Burris Shaming, Politics News

A Senate ethics committee issued a mild reprimand to Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill) on Friday after an investigation into his appointment to the U.S. Sena...

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Jason Linkins

Senators Who Could And/Or Will Screw Up Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Kent Conrad, Mary Landrieu, Roland Burris, Max Baucus, Evan Bayh, Olympia Snowe, Harry Reid, U.S. Senate, Joe Lieberman, Ben Nelson, Health Care Reform, Blanche Lincoln, Politics News

Harry Reid boldly announced the bill would contain something public option-esque. But will a reform bill that contains as limited a measure as the opt-out plan survive the Senate?

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Jason Linkins

Roland Burris Basically Contributing Incoherent Babbling To The Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Senate, Rod Blagojevich, Idiots, Roland Burris, Politics News

We really should take a minute today to appreciate the greatest contribution made by disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to America: the gift of Roland Burris.

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Roland Burris Plants Himself At Center Of Health Care Fight

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Health Care, Roland Burris, Burris Health Care, Health Care Reform, Obama Health Care, Public Option, Max Baucus, Baucus Bill, Chicago News

WASHINGTON — For Democrats determined to get a health care bill, Sen. Roland Burris is like the house guest who couldn't be refused, won't soon ...

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Goodies Galore: Here's How to Cajole Roland Burris Into Voting for the Heath Care Bill

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 10.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Roland Burris, Senate Ethics Committee, Public Option, Rod Blagojevich, Health Care Reform, Nobel Peace Prize, Roland Burris Senate Appointment, Ambassadors, Barack Obama, Chicago News
Carol Felsenthal

Whether he wins or not, maybe Sen. Burris could have "Nominated for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize" carved on his much-ridiculed tombstone.

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Roland Burris Still Under Senate Investigation

Chicago Sun-Times | NATASHA KORECKI | Posted 10.10.2009 | Chicago

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U.S. Sen. Roland Burris might be a lame duck, but the Senate's ethics committee isn't letting him out of its sights. ...

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How Will Chicago Top Beijing's Olympics? Easy!

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Politics, Olympics, Chicago, China Economy, Barack Obama, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago Corruption, Roland Burris, 2008 Olympics, Bucket Boys, Chicago Olympic Bid, Chicago Olympics, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

Let's show the world what Chicago culture is all about with some new events: Relay races with plain white envelope hand-offs. Blame volleyball. Synchronized aldermen.

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Burris Senate Appointment Still Being Challenged In Court

Progress Illinois | Angela Caputo | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Special Election, Blagojevich Senate Appointment, Pat Quinn, Illinois Senate Appointment, Roland Burris, Roland Burris Senate Appointment, Senate Vacancies, Marty Oberman, Chicago News

The controversy over Sen. Roland Burris' appointment to Illinois' junior senate seat may seem like a lifetime ago. But a group of well-known local att...

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Ryan Grim

Baucus Bill: Rockefeller Says Dem Senators Are Not Pleased

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Finance Committee, Health Care Reform, Roland Burris, Health Care, Politics News

The health care bill that Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) unveiled Wednesday without GOP support has no room for legislative error. Democratic Sen. Jay Rock...

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Ethics Panel Defers Investigation On Jesse Jackson Jr.

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Roland Burris, Obama Senate Seat, House Ethics Committee, Rob Blagojevich, Jesse Jackson Jr., Blagojevich Investigation, Rod Blagojevich, Transparency, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The House ethics committee said Wednesday it will put off for now an expanded investigation into whether Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. or ...

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

Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 11.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Burris Blagojevich, Roland Burris, Illinois Corruption, Jesse Jackson Jr., Senate Candidate Five, Corruption, Corrupt Congress, Chicago News

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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Burris Definitely Not Running In 2010

The Hill | J. Taylor Rushing | Posted 11.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Roland Burris 2010, Senate Races, Roland Burris, Illinois Senate Race, Illinois Senate 2010, Chicago News

Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) on Wednesday backed away from an ambiguous statement he'd made last month on his 2010 election plans, saying he remains co...

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Burris On Senate Run: 'You Never Say Never' (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Senate Races, Roland Burris 2010, Roland Burris Senate, Roland Burris, Video, Illinois Senate 2010, Chicago News

Roland Burris sounded like a man who had made up his mind when he said last month that he would not seek to retain his Senate seat in 2010. "I was ca...

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Obama's Second Hundred Days

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Jackson, Supreme Court, Latina, Sessions, Burris, Empathy, A Tale of Two Cities, Al Franken, Reform, Dickens, Sarah Palin, Second 100 Days, Muslim, Latino, Sotomayor, Health Care, Analog Television, Birthers, Age of Foolishness, Budget, Democrat, Congress, Sanford, Democrats, Barack Obama, Transparency, Rahm Emanuel, First Hundred Days, Health, Sonia Sotomayor, Credit Card, Souter, Healthcare, Senate, Polls, Mark Sanford, Cap and Trade, Gates, President Obama, Cia, Speech, Second Hundred Days, Jeff Sessions, David Souter, Flu, Obama, Democratic, Iraq, Media, Scotus, Republican, Bush, Pelosi, Television, Iran, Gay Rights, Nuclear Weapons, Baucus, Russia, Beer Summit, Arlen Specter, Credit Card Reform, House, Specter, Photo Op, Msm, Beer, Franken, Worst of Times, Charles Dickens, Roland Burris, Gay, Mainstream Media, Waterloo, Best of Times, First 100 Days, Torture Photos, Chris Weigant, Palin, Cairo, Max Baucus, Bipartisanship, Torture, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Our look back at Obama's second 100 days will begin with a short overview, and then move on to the categories: "the best of times," "the worst of times," and "the age of (media) foolishness."

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Equal Opportunity Corruption

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Corruption, Mark Sanford, Goldman Sachs, The Americas, Cosmic Plan, First Peoples, Rod Blagojevich, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Roland Burris, Healthcare, Eric Holder, Borrowing, Living News
Dr. Susan Corso

Stewardship will solve the equal opportunity corruption in the United States if more and more of us will take our stewarding duties seriously. It's only going to work one individual at a time.

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Burris Plans Fundraisers Despite Bowing Out Of Senate Race

Chicago Public Radio | Tony Arnold | Posted 08.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Roland Burris Legal Bills, Roland Burris, Burris Fundraisers, Roland Burris Fundraising, Chicago News

Illinois U.S. Senator Roland Burris says he still plans on holding fundraisers, even though he's not running for a full senate term in 2010. ...

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Burris Backer Anthony Williams Plans To Enter Senate Race

Chicago Public Radio | Sam Hudzik | Posted 08.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Roland Burris Senate, Illinois Senate 2010, Senate Races, Roland Burris, Anthony Williams, Illinois Senate Race, Chicago News

Illinois U.S. Senator Roland Burris' decision to stay out of the 2010 election has prompted one of his supporters to jump in the race. ...

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Roland Burris Confirms: No Senate Run In 2010, Says It's About Money

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI and CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 08.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Roland Burris, Roland Burris Quits, Burris Resigns, Burris Reelection, Illinois Senate 2010, Rod Blagojevich, Burris Speech, Illinois Senate Race, Burris Fundraising, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Embattled Sen. Roland Burris may have relieved Illinois Democrats of their biggest political headache and reduced Republican chances o...

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Burris Won't Run For Senate Seat In 2010

AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 08.09.2009 | Chicago

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Roland Burris, whose deep ties to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich seemed to doom his Senate tenure from the start, will n...

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Lisa Madigan Not Running For Senate Or Governor, Will Seek Reelection As Attorney General

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS and DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 08.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Senate Races, Lisa Madigan Senate, Lisa Madigan, Lisa Madigan Governor, Illinois Senate 2010, Illinois Governor 2010, Illinois Governor Race, Illinois Senate Race, Pat Quinn, Mary Morrissey, Roland Burris, Chris Kennedy, Kirk Dillard, Alexi Giannoulias, Joe Birkett, Mark Kirk, Dan Hynes, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced Wednesday that she's running for re-election instead of seeking higher office, a surp...

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At Gay Pride Parade, Burris Backs Civil Unions But Says Marriage 'For Perpetuation Of The Species'

WBBM Newsradio | Steve Miller | Posted 07.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Roland Burris Gay Marriage, Roland Burris, Civil Unions, Gay Marriage, Chicago News

Senator Roland Burris was at Chicago's Gay Pride Parade yesterday, declaring his support for civil unions but saying marriage is for "perpetuation of ...

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Cheryle Jackson Taking Step Toward Senate Run

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 07.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chris Kennedy, Illinois Senate 2010, Cheryle Jackson, Alexi Giannoulias, Senate Races, Roland Burris, Illinois Senate Race, Cheryle Jackson Senate, Lisa Madigan, Chicago News

Chicago Urban League chief Cheryle Jackson is forming a U.S. Senate exploratory committee -- the last formal step before actually announcing her candi...

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Burris Didn't Disclose Stock Options In Real Estate Company

Chicago Tribune | Posted 07.26.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Roland Burris, Burris Income, Burris Financial Disclsoure, Inland Real Estate, Chicago News

U.S. Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) failed to reveal in a Senate financial disclosure statement that he has options to buy 8,000 shares of stock in a rea...

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ROLAND BURRIS WON'T FACE PERJURY CHARGES

AP | JOHN O'CONNOR | Posted 07.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: John Schmidt, Roland Burris Senate Appointment, Roland Burris Perjury, Roland Burris Investigation, Roland Burris, Burris Testimony, Chicago News

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — U.S. Sen. Roland Burris won't face a perjury charge over statements he made to state lawmakers investigating how he got his ...

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Burris Yet To Sponsor A Single Floor Amendment In Senate

Politico | MANU RAJU | Posted 07.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Roland Burris Senate, Roland Burris, Burris Legislation, Chicago News

Pressed by reporters about his entanglements with ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) has had a familiar refrain: Let me...

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