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Kirsten Gillibrand was sworn in as New York's junior senator Tuesday by Vice President Joe Biden on the Senate floor shortly after noon. Accompanied by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and with her extended family watching from the gallery above ...

Roland Burris - TIME


In a move as brazen as it was unexpected, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich — accused of trying to swap President Elect Barack Obama's vacant senate seat for a high-paying Administration job or other favors — named former Illinois Attorney ...

Sen. Roland Burris hires chief of staff


WASHINGTON - Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.), who arrived in Washington without any staff to back him up, has just snagged his first high-profile hire. Darrel Thompson, senior adviser to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , will become Burris's chief of ...

Roland Burris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Roland W. Burris is a former politician and statewide officer in the U.S. state of Illinois. Burris served as Comptroller of Illinois from 1979 to 1991 and as Attorney General of ...

Roland Burris


by Mark Silva Sen. Roland Burris, a senator by the grace of the disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich, says he feels sorry for the governor's family for what he is going through now - but ...

Roland Burris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Roland Wallace Burris (born August 3, 1937) is the junior United States Senator for the state of Illinois. He is the only African-American serving in the Senate, having been sworn ...

Senator Designate Roland Burris - Blogger News Network


Blogging From PHOENIX — The day after Governor Rod Blagojevich appointed former Illinois attorney General Roland Burris to fill President-elect Barack Obama’s Senate seat, the United States attorney investigating Mr. Blagojevich on corruption ...

Roland Burris sworn in as Obama's replacement in the Senate ...


Roland Burris has been sworn into the US Senate today as Barack Obama 's replacement, ending an embarrassing episode for a Democratic party otherwise exultant over congressional gains and Obama's election to the White House. Burris's induction ...

Congress: Sen. Roland Burris - First Read - msnbc.com


Congress: Sen. Roland Burris Posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 9:11 AM by Domenico Montanaro Filed Under: Congress “Senate Democratic leaders said Monday that Roland W. Burris would be seated as the new senator from Illinois, resolving a ...

Burris has long history of brazenness


The choice of Roland Burris for Illinois' open U.S. Senate seat may surprise some but not likely Burris himself, a man who has brimmed with confidence -- even when he was losing ...

Who is Roland Burris?


On Election Day in November, Roland Burris walked alone to his polling place and was greeted by a local news team working on a historical piece about African-Americans elected ...

Roland Burris


WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats are looking for ways to defuse the standoff that has denied Roland Burris the vacated Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama of Illinois ...

ABC News: Ill. Gov. Appoints Former AG to Senate


I'm appointing Roland Burris as the next United States Senator from Illinois." "Please don't allow the allegations against me to taint this good and honest man," said Blagojevich. He also made a plea for his own innocence, telling the news conference ...

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Rod Blagojevich names Roland Burris as replacement for Barack Obama in ...


Democratic anger and embarassment in the debacle over Barack Obama 's vacant US Senate seat deepened tonight as the disgraced Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich named Roland Burris, a 71-year-old former Illinois attorney-general, to replace Obama. The ...

Senate's Democratic majority clears path for Roland Burris ...


WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate's Democratic majority opened the way Wednesday for Roland Burris to become Illinois ' next senator, pressured by President-elect Barack Obama to remove a politically consuming distraction less than two weeks before he ...

Roland Burris selection is a big mistake


My friends in Chicago tell me that Governor Rod Blagojevich's selection of Roland Burris as the senator to replace Barack Obama was a deft move. I wish I could believe them, but I ...

Roland Burris


In a move as brazen as it was unexpected, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich — accused of trying to swap President Elect Barack Obama's vacant senate seat for a high-paying ...

Roland Burris and justice (updated)


Blago's appointment of Roland Burris to the Obama Senate seat was greeted with widespread praise for the designee as an honest man swimming untainted in the Chicago political sewer ...

Roland Burris | Back Alley Media


Back Alley Media - News and Views on the 2008 Elections ... Roland Burris. Looks like Blagojevich is going to play this out to the end - he’s nominating Roland Burris - former ...

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