Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Sen. Roland Burris (D-Blagojevich) traveled to Iraq, where he refused to answer questions about the admonishment he received from the Senate Ethics Committee. Chicago Breaking News has more: When a reporter told Burris some were questioning the expense of his Iraq trip, Burris said they were entitled to their opinion. Asked how much the trip cost, he replied: "I have no idea." Burris said...
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Man oh man, I thought I was the only one who remembered that Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)a called for a special election to choose Barack Obama's replacement in the US Senate. Instead we ended up with Roland Burris. The Chicago Tribune remembers: Then came the maneuvering we've characterized in headlines as "Profiles in cowardice" and "The silence of the Dems." Wow, if we schedule a...
Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Gov. Rod Blagojevich introduces former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris, left, to succeed President-elect Barack Obama in the Senate on Dec. 30, 2008 in Chicago . (Phil Velasquez/ Chicago Tribune) The Senate Ethics Committee's rebuke of Sen. Roland Burris of Illinois on Friday was criticized by some as too weak but was welcomed by the senator, whose office declared him cleared of "any...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
WASHINGTON | The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Democratic Sen. Roland Burris for misleading investigators about his maneuvering to get Barack Obama’s old Senate seat from the governor who was ousted for trying to sell it. Burris was appointed by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was impeached and driven from office after he was accused of trying to sell the seat.
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Roland Burris (D-Blagojevich), who nominally represents me in the United States Senate, at best got a hand-slap from the Senate Ethics Committee for giving evasive and dishonest answers when he explained how he ended up getting appointed to Barack Obama's former seat. From AP: The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete"...
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, a Democrat who is running for the US Senate seat currently held by Rod Blagojevich appointee Roland Burris, is like most politicians a chatty chap. But he's quiet about one thing. In a press release, the Illinois Republican Party tells us what that is. CHICAGO – Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady today called on Democrat Alexi Giannoulias to end...
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Highland Park) is running for the US Senate seat currently held by Roland Burris (D-Blagojevich). Yesterday morning Kirk appeared on Fox News' America's Newsroom, and he explained his opposition to moving terrorists held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center to Thomson, Illinois. Technorati tags: Illinois Mark Kirk Congress illinois politics Republican Chicago North Shore Senate...
Calculated Risk (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
While we wait for the FDIC ... it could get real busy ... From the Chicago Tribune: U.S. set to seize FBOP, congressmen say (ht Josh) Federal regulators are expected to seize Friday night the banks owned by Oak Park-based FBOP Corp., the troubled owner of Park National Bank of Chicago and eight other U.S. banks, people familiar with the situation say. A takeover would occur even after several U.S....
Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
WASHINGTON (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.
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Illinois' embarrassment of a Senator, Roland Burris (D-Blagojevich) says he will only vote for a health care reform bill if it includes a public option. Max Baucus (D-MT), the author of the health care legislation that made it out of the Senate Finance Committee, says a bill that includes a public option can not pass the Senate. Interesting. Technorati tags: Blagojevich Illinois Politics Illinois Democrats...
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
The director of the 2010, Robert Groves, came to Capitol Hill yesterday to talk about the upcoming population count. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) praised Groves for cutting ties to disgraced community organizing group ACORN. Who defended ACORN? Why, Sen. Roland Burris (D-IL), the man appointed to the Senate by former Governor Rod Blagojevich, who goes on trial for corruption next summer. Politics Daily...
HolyCoast.com (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
From Illinois Senator Roland Burris (h/t Bret Baier): "We have to look what happened in the past years and what the image of America over the past 8 years and the world. And so Obama has not had the time to turn that around on the world stage. And Chicago now is a victim of all that negativism.. created over the past 8 years." I'm sure Burris is just disappointed that he won't get to carve...
The Swamp (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
by Mark Silva Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 leader of the Senate, senior senator from Illinois and one of seven senators who voted against cutting off federal housing funds for ACORN, the community organization enmeshed in controversy over its workers' activities, says he'd like to see a "trial'' before there's any "hanging.'' "I'm from one of those traditional law schools...
Freedom's Lighthouse (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Here is video of Fox News' Griff Jenkins confronting two more of the seven U.S. Senators who voted to protect ACORN and preserve their funding. This time he found Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders as well as Democrat Sen. Pat Leahy. Both of them defended their votes for ACORN. Yesterday, Jenkins confronted Illinois Democrat Sen. Roland Burris . The Senate vote was 83-7 to block additional funding from...
Sierra Faith (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Our national embarrassment, Jimmy Carter, says those who oppose Obama must be racists. Wizbang lists the racists: • Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid (D-NV) • Senator John Kerry (D-MA) • AFL-CIO President, John Sweeney • Senators Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Robert Martinez (D-NJ) • Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) • And, last but certainly not least, Senator Roland Burris (D-IL)...
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