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Burris Moves Closer to Senate Seat

Roland Burris made significant progress in attaining the vacant Illinois Senate seat this week after meeting with Senate leaders and testifying before the Illinois House impeachment committee to defend his Senate appointment by embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

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Panel Hears Burris, Votes To Impeach Ill. Governor
Article | CHICAGO, Jan. 8 -- Roland W. Burris, seeking to complete his sudden rise from political obscurity to the U.S. Senate, told Illinois lawmakers Thursday that he offered no favors to embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) in return for his Senate appointment.
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Blagojevich Answers Impeachment Vote
Article | SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Jan. 9 -- A defiant Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) held a news conference full of poetry and political theater yesterday to answer a nearly unanimous impeachment vote by the Illinois House of Representatives, capping another episode of Illinois politics that is fast making the state,...
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