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BLAGO FALLOUT


 Ethics Panel 
 Slaps Burris 
 on the Wrist 

'Letter of admonition' cites fibs surrounding Blagojevich

Nov 20, 09 11:47 AM CST
(Newser) - The Senate Ethics Committee today issued a “public letter of qualified admonition,” its gentlest censure, to Roland Burris. The Illinois Democrat had been required to come clean about his dealings with then-governor Rod Blagojevich before his appointment to replace Barack Obama, which he did—before amending his testimony.... More »

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Senate Ethics Committee • false statements • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Roland Burris • political appointment • Senate seat • rebuke • admonish

LYNN SWEET

 Dems May 
 Lose Obama's 
 Old Senate Seat 

Illinois field isn't scaring GOP frontrunner Mark Kirk

Nov 16, 09 10:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The Democratic field for President Obama’s old Illinois Senate seat is anemic enough to make a GOP win a real possibility, Lynn Sweet writes. The candidates—only one of whom has run for office, ever—haven’t phased the Republican frontrunner, Rep. Mark Kirk. The statewide Dem establishment... More »

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Illinois • Lisa Madigan • Alexi Giannoulias • President Obama • Election 2010 • Roland Burris • Senate seat • Mark Kirk • midterm elections

Payback Time

 Burris: It's 
 Public Option 
 or Nothing 

Vows not to vote for a bill without it

Oct 19, 09 8:28 AM CDT
(AP) - 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 be leaving, and poses a plausible threat of ruining holiday dinner. Suddenly, he can no longer be ignored. Rod Blagojevich's appointee says he'll only vote for a... More »

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health care reform • Rod Blagojevich • Roland Burris • public option

HEALTH REFORM



 Six Senate 
 Swing Votes 

From Dems who swing right to left-leaning GOPers, debate promises suspense

Oct 14, 09 12:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - As health care reform bills merge and change on the Senate floor, the pool of legislators to watch has grown. The Wall Street Journal takes a look:
  • Olympia Snowe, R-Maine: Her vote for the Finance Committee bill was clutch, but "doesn't forecast what my vote will be
... More »

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Congress • Senate • legislation • Olympia Snowe • Senate Finance Committee • Susan Collins • Mary Landrieu • health care reform • Ben Nelson • Roland Burris • public option • Blanche Lincoln

(Newser) - Roland Burris made it official this afternoon: He won't run for a full term next year, the Chicago Tribune reports. “I love serving the people of Illinois,” the current holder of President Obama's old Senate seat said. But “political races have become far too expensive... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • Chicago • Senate • Senate Democrats • Illinois • Democratic Party • Rod Blagojevich • re-election • Election 2010 • Roland Burris

(Newser) - Roland Burris won't run for re-election to his Senate seat, both Chicago papers are reporting. The Illinois senator intends to stay in office through the end of his term in January 2011 but figures he can't raise enough money to mount a re-election campaign. In fact, he's raised a measly... More »

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Chicago • Senate • Illinois • Rod Blagojevich • senator • Roland Burris

Burris Won't Face Perjury Charges:
Ill. Prosecutor

Evidence on Blago contacts insufficient

Jun 19, 09 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Roland Burris will not be charged with perjury for neglecting to tell an Illinois House impeachment panel about additional discussions he had with associates of then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the State Journal-Register reports. While Burris did omit conversations about the Senate appointment with members of Blagojevich’s inner circle, they... More »

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Senate • Senate Democrats • bribe • corruption • perjury • Illinois • Rod Blagojevich • Roland Burris • John Schmidt

Pinning Burris for Perjury Difficult: Experts

Senator says he was just placating Blago brother in taped calls

May 28, 09 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Controversy surrounding Roland Burris' appointment to the Senate has heated up after the release of his conversations with Rod Blagojevich’s brother, taped by the FBI, but a criminal case against him is still iffy, Politico reports. The possibility of perjury charges over inconsistencies in Burris’ statements is slim, experts... More »

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ethics • Congress • FBI • Senate • perjury • tape • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • fundraising • Roland Burris • Robert Blagojevich

Burris Offered Blagojevich a
Personal Check

FBI tape reveals offer, but the future senator never sent money

May 26, 09 7:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate Ethics Committee will have an interesting conversation to ponder as it considers whether Roland Burris engaged in any shady business before being appointed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. In an exchange secretly taped by the FBI between Burris and Blago's brother before the gubernatorial scandal... More »

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investigation • Chicago • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • senator • Roland Burris

(Newser) - FBI recordings of a conversation between Sen. Roland Burris and the brother of disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich can be released to the Senate Ethics Committee, a judge ruled today. The committee is investigating Burris’ appointment by the now-impeached governor, made after Blagojevich was indicted, the Hill reports. The... More »

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Congress • Senate • corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Roland Burris • Robert Blagojevich

RFK Son Plans Run for Obama Senate Seat

Chris Kennedy sets sights on seat now
held by Burris

May 21, 09 4:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Another Kennedy is taking a shot at a Senate seat, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Chris Kennedy, the eighth of Robert F. Kennedy's 11 kids, plans to challenge Roland Burris in next year's election for the Illinois seat vacated by President Obama. Insiders say the Democrat decided to run after polls... More »

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Senate • Illinois • Senate race • Robert F. Kennedy • Roland Burris • Chris Kennedy

Burris, Unsure on '10 Election Run, Faces
Cash Crunch

Senator collected only $845 in first quarter

Apr 21, 09 2:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Roland Burris says he hasn’t decided if he’ll run for election to his Senate seat in February 2010, but an aide says he has begun fundraising efforts, the Chicago Tribune reports. The “very aggressive” push to raise money “as quickly as possible” can’t come soon... More »

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Barack Obama • Senate • corruption • Illinois • reputation • Rod Blagojevich • President Obama • Roland Burris

(Newser) - A House ethics panel has launched a “preliminary review” of Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr's bid for President Obama’s vacant Senate seat, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The Office of Congressional Ethics, formed last year as an “investigative entity” of private citizens, will look at communications between... More »

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ethics • Congress • investigation • corruption • House of Representatives • Rod Blagojevich • Jesse Jackson Jr. • Roland Burris • Office of Congressional Ethics

Blago Singled Out Senate Contenders
for Cash

List shows he targeted
4 would-be senators

Mar 29, 09 5:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - In his race to build a $2.3 million campaign war chest last year, Rod Blagojevich listed four possible candidates for President Obama's vacated Senate seat as prospective donors, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. A list of 150 names in all shows that Rep. Luis Gutierrez, billionaire J.B. Pritzker, and... More »

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Illinois • campaign fundraising • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Jan Schakowsky • Rep. Luis Gutierrez • Roland Burris

Lawmakers Sour on Governors Filling Senate Vacancies

Post-Blago, some push special elections

Mar 12, 09 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Soured by the taint of the Rod Blagojevich scandal on a US Senate seat, members of congressional judiciary subcommittees considered a Constitutional amendment that would fill interim vacancies in the body by election, rather than by gubernatorial appointment, the Washington Post reports. The selection by governors is “not only... More »

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Congress • constitutional amendment • Senate • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • Governor's office • Roland Burris

(Newser) - John Ruff, a former associate of Roland Burris and his staff, is claiming Burris planned all along to make a trade with then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich for the Senate seat he now holds. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Ruff, then a participant in the effort to get the seat for Burris,... More »

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Senate • corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • scandal • Roland Burris

ANALYSIS

 Burris Camp 
 Returns to 
 Race Card 

Ill. senator hopes to box in white Dems for 2010 campaign

Mar 3, 09 10:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Roland Burris doesn’t have much support in Washington or money in his war chest for a reelection bid, but he retains one reliable weapon, Politico reports: the race card. As controversy over his appointment has reemerged, Burris hasn’t hesitated to chalk it up to racial politics. A Burris... More »

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race • Senate • Senate Democrats • Ted Kennedy • Illinois • Larry Craig • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Roland Burris • Bobby Rush

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

Blago Gave Burris' Son Job

Facing foreclosure, Burris II gets housing gig; 'reeks of hypocrisy,' state rep charges

Feb 26, 09 12:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Sen. Roland Burris’ son, Roland W. Burris II, got a job with the Illinois housing authority last year, weeks after the IRS imposed a tax lien and his home entered foreclosure, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The appointment came as his father lobbied for Barack Obama’s Senate seat, and Gov.... More »

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corruption • foreclosure • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • pay to play • Illinois House of Representatives • Roland Burris • Roland W. Burris II • tax lien

OPINION

Congrats, DC: Sen. Burris Is
on Your Side

Milbank: Capital has ally in quest for rep ... just not a popular one

Feb 26, 09 11:18 AM CST
(Newser) - DC residents have a new Senate ally in their quest for congressional representation. Unfortunately, Dana Milbank points out in the Washington Post, it’s the monumentally unpopular Roland Burris, “the Democrat from Blagojevich.” As Milbank points out, “Burris is not one to be set back by shunning,... More »

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Washington DC • Senate • House of Representatives • District of Columbia • Dana Milbank • Roland Burris

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