Senator Burris

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

Leighann Lord | Posted 03.26.2009 | Comedy


Leighann Lord

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.

Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics


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

Roland Burris Plans 'Listening Tour' Of State

AP | Posted 03.16.2009 | Chicago


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...

Paging Roland Burris: Constituents Finding New Senator Hard To Reach

NBC Chicago | Posted 03.08.2009 | Chicago


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...

Roland Burris Cramming In "Senate School"

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 03.04.2009 | Chicago


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

Roland Burris Cheered At Obama Inauguration Festivities

The Pantagraph | Kurt Erickson | Posted 02.20.2009 | Chicago


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

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

ProPublica | Ben Protess | Posted 02.16.2009 | Chicago


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

Burris' Fate Could Be Decided Monday

cnn.com | Posted 02.11.2009 | Politics


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...

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

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 02.02.2009 | Chicago


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

Blagojevich May Accompany Burris To Washington

CBS 2 | Posted 02.02.2009 | Chicago


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...

Black Lawmakers: Burris Pick Won't Help Blagojevich

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 02.02.2009 | Chicago


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 ...

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

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 01.30.2009 | Chicago


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