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Roland Burris Ethics Problem – Roland Burris, the newly appointed Senator from Chicago, already has an ethics problem that may cost Burris his senate seat.

Raising fresh questions about his appointment to Congress, Sen. Roland Burris admitted in a document released Saturday that former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s brother asked him for campaign fundraising help before the [...]

Burris Sworn In As Senator – After a month of political wrangling, Roland Burris was sworn in today as a U.S. Senator, replacing Barack Obama.

Roland Burris took his place as Barack Obama’s successor in the Senate on Thursday, ending a standoff that embarrassed the president-elect and fellow Democrats who initially resisted the appointment by impeached [...]

Burris Denied Senate Seat – Roland Burris was denied by the Senate in his bid to take President-elect Barack Obama’s Illinois Senate seat on Tuesday just before the opening of the 111th Congress.

“Mr. Burris is not in possession of the necessary credentials from the state of Illinois,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said in [...]