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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Pat Quinn

Pat Quinn stories: 10 news summaries

Ill. Dems Rally Around Plan
to Take Gitmo Prisoners 

Quinn, Durbin say detainees at empty prison would create 3,000 jobs

Nov 16, 09 9:14 AM CST
(AP) - Illinois' governor and senior senator spent yesterday feverishly trying to regain momentum on their plan to use a nearly empty maximum-security prison 150 miles from Chicago to house Gitmo detainees. With federal officials visiting Thomson Correctional Center today, local GOP lawmakers had gone on the offense Saturday, calling it a... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • Illinois • federal prison • Dick Durbin • governor • suspected terrorists • detainees • Pat Quinn

ANALYSIS

 Blago 'A Natural' 
 in Radio Gig

Ex-gov bashes his trial, his successor; jokes about hair and lack of progress on book

Mar 25, 09 10:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Morning drive-time radio could be the future for Rod Blagojevich, if the impeached Illinois’ governor’s fill-in stint today on Chicago’s WLS-AM is anything to go by, Jimmy Orr writes in live-blogging the show for the Christian Science Monitor. Amid Elvis theme music and complaints about his successor’s... More »

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radio • Chicago • corruption • impeachment • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Pat Quinn • Howard Stern Grid

Race to Replace Burris Already Under Way

Illinois gov threatens special election before senator can run in 2010

Mar 2, 09 12:18 PM CST
(Newser) - The jockeying has begun to replace Roland Burris in the Senate, the New York Times reports, though nobody’s certain when an election will be. Burris seems set on serving the remaining 2 years of Barack Obama’s term, but pressure is building for special elections. “The landscape on... More »

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Senate • Illinois • Rod Blagojevich • special election • Alexi Giannoulias • President Obama • Pat Quinn • Roland Burris • William Daley

Burris Won't Quit, but Vows Not to Run in '10

Senator pitches compromise to Durbin to quell calls for ouster

Feb 24, 09 11:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Roland Burris won’t resign as senator in the wake of allegations he traded campaign donations for his appointment by former Gov. Rod Blagojevich—or at least that’s what Burris will tell fellow Illinois Dem Dick Durbin today, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. But sources say Burris will pledge not... More »

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Senate Democrats • Illinois • Dick Durbin • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Pat Quinn • Roland Burris

(Newser) - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn today joined the chorus of politicians calling for Roland Burris to resign, urging him to step down "as quickly as possible for the best interests of Illinois," the Chicago Tribune reports. Said Quinn, who gained the office after Rod Blagojevich's ouster for attempting to... More »

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corruption • Illinois • Rod Blagojevich • US Senate • pay to play • Pat Quinn • Roland Burris • public corruption

 Burris Launched 
 Senate Bid in Fall Call 


Former Blago aide says Burris contacted him repeatedly about appointment

Feb 20, 09 10:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Roland Burris’s effort to get into the Senate looks more elaborate every day. John Filan, a former aide to Rod Blagojevich, now says he got a call from Burris some time in the fall, expressing interest in a Senate appointment, the Chicago Tribune reports. Burris reiterated his interest, and... More »

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Senate • corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Pat Quinn • Roland Burris

 Illinois Pols Offered 
 Me Easy Out: Blago 

Replacement denies deal to keep him on as 'incapacitated governor'

Feb 3, 09 12:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich said today that shortly after his December arrest by federal authorities, he was approached by “leading senators” who offered him a chance to stay on as an “incapacitated governor,” the Chicago Tribune reports. The deal, which the now-impeached governor rejected, would have been contingent on... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • corruption • impeachment • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Today show • Illinois State Senate • Pat Quinn • Senate seat

Meet Blago's Unlikely Replacement

Crusader Quinn promises to 'fumigate' state government

Jan 30, 09 11:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich never wanted Patrick Quinn as his running mate. Few Democrats would. Quinn is a notorious gadfly, who’s spent 40 years ruffling feathers with his populist crusades and citizens’ initiatives, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. He’s not planning on calming down as governor, either. “We can... More »

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Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • lieutenant governor • Pat Quinn

Blago's Impeachment Is a Go, Even Without Tapes

Panel says it has sufficient evidence

Jan 6, 09 10:38 AM CST
(AP) - Members of Rod Blagojevich's impeachment panel say they will move forward despite the possibility that they might not get to hear federal wiretaps of the governor's conversations with aides and others. "These tapes are relevant evidence, we'd like to have them," said a lawyer for the impeachment panel,... More »

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corruption • impeachment • Illinois • state legislature • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • federal wiretap • Pat Quinn

Special Election Gains Ground With Blago

Guv unlikely to quit, but would give up naming Obama successor

Dec 15, 08 9:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, under indictment for trying to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat, would likely now approve a bill authorizing a special election to fill the post, sources tell the Chicago Sun-Times. Blagojevich—who insiders now say has decided not to resign—wants the measure to apply to... More »

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Barack Obama • corruption • Rahm Emanuel • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • special election • US Senate • Lisa Madigan • President Obama • Pat Quinn

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