NewsWASHINGTON - Roland Burris announced Tuesday he was rejected for Barack Obama's Senate seat, in a bizarre rainy-day scene on the Capitol grounds as lawmakers awaited the gaveling of the 111th Congress into session. Standing amid a huge throng of ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Roland Burris remains in political limbo. Burris showed up on Capitol Hill today seeking to claim Illinois' open Senate seat. But a short time later he announced that his effort to fill the seat vacated by President-elect Barack ... Read more
WASHINGTON — Former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris announced his rejection for Barack Obama’s Senate seat today in a bizarre rainy-day scene on the Capitol grounds as lawmakers awaited the gaveling of the 111th Congress into session ... Read more
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