Roland Burris

Said he was "doing my responsibility" Updated 12:45 PM CST, Mon, Nov 23, 2009 Speaking from the Baghdad Green Zone today, Sen. Roland Burris today repeated claims that Iraq's security was improving while refusing to answer questions about...

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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Roland Burris, an Illinois Democrat, left Saturday for a trip to Iraq to examine security and political developments in the region, an aide said Sunday. He is to return before Thanksgiving. Burris, 72, sits on the Senate...

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...in the Senate seat and ways he might join in Blagojevich fundraising events hosted by others or contribute money through Burris associates. Burris' qualified admonition was the first such action by the Senate Ethics Committee this year.

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...brother. In that call, intercepted by the FBI, the men explicitly discussed raising money for the governor. Burris asked Robert to remind his brother of Burris's interest in being appointed to the Senate seat. "This conversation was...

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...By Senate Ethics Committee But Committee Rules He Broke No Laws The Senate Ethics Committee has concluded that U.S. Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) broke no laws, but blasted him for providing "incorrect, inconsistent, misleading or...

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Sen. Roland W. Burris (D-Ill.) has been admonished by the Senate ethics committee for his public comments about his appointment last December to the body. In a three-page "public letter of qualified admonition" issued Friday, the committee...

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack...

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Senate Ethics Committee clears Illinois senator of legal wrongdoing The Senate Ethics Committee admonished Sen. Roland Burris for failing to meet "a much higher standard of conduct." Burris appointed to seat in December by former Gov....

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