Burris: No public plan, no vote on health care
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. Suddenly, he can no longer be igno...
 0.9K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 388.0 Blagojevich appointee will not run in 2010
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Roland Burris gambled that he could accept a U.S. Senate appointment from a political pariah and still be seen as an honest, hardworking public servant. He lost. Burris was permanently tainted when he happily took the offer f...
1.0K - Jul. 10, 2009; scored 152.0 Governor wants to mend flaws
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Now that Rod Blagojevich s scandal-ridden tenure as governor is over, Gov. Pat Quinn said today he s ready to get to work and mend the flaws in state government. This is a time for governance and reform. Politics we can do tha...
6.8K - Jan. 30, 2009; scored 109.0 Illinois lawmakers vote 114-1 to impeach Blagojevich
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Gov. Rod Blagojevich was impeached Friday by Illinois lawmakers furious that he turned state government into a freak show, setting the stage for an unprecedented trial in the state Senate that could get him thrown out of of...
4.9K - Jan. 10, 2009; scored 152.0 Crazy like a fox
As the weeks pass since Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was publicly drawn and quartered by U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, the man has simply refused to give up. The Energizer bunny has nothing on this guy. I can t say he s earned my respect, but he...
2.9K - Jan. 8, 2009; scored 126.0 Illinois lawmakers plan to grill Burris
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Illinois Republicans are promising tough questions today for Senate-appointee Roland Burris on why he accepted a position offered by disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich and whether he promised the governor anything in return. Burr...
1.4K - Jan. 8, 2009; scored 474.0 Burris arrives at Senate to claim seat
WASHINGTON President-elect Barack Obama s appointed successor came to Capitol Hill in a steady rainfall and a swarm of television cameras today to claim his Senate seat. Umbrellas partially shrouded Roland Burris as he strode briskly toward the Cap...
3.8K - Jan. 6, 2009; scored 240.0 Congress aims to hit the ground running as session starts
WASHINGTON The Democratic-dominated Congress convenes today to confront perhaps the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and to grapple with a hugely ambitious agenda set by President-elect Barack Obama. The opening day of a two-year se...
4.1K - Jan. 6, 2009; scored 109.0 Roland Burris to visit Capitol Hill as his Senate appointment remains in question
CHICAGO (AP) Illinois U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris plans to have a high-stakes showdown on Capitol Hill this week with Democratic leaders who continue to say he won t be seated in Congress. Dozens of black leaders and ministers organized by ...
1.3K - Jan. 5, 2009; scored 1000.0 Burris to go to DC as his fate remains in question
CHICAGO (AP) Illinois U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris plans to have a high-stakes showdown on Capitol Hill this week with Democratic leaders who continue to say he won t be seated in Congress. Dozens of black leaders and ministers organized by ...
4.3K - Jan. 5, 2009; scored 601.0 Democrats struggle with filling Obama s Senate seat
WASHINGTON Rep. Bobby Rush says he doesn t think any U.S. senator would be caught turning a black man away from serving alongside them. He thought wrong. No Senate Democrat responded to his racial challenge. And they got support from President-elec...
1.9K - Dec. 31, 2008; scored 126.0 | 
