Nobody really wants his name associated with Blago wiretaps, but Harry Reid’s office is making it clear that the Senate majority leader talking to the governor about an appointment was, well, a pretty normal thing.
The Chicago Sun-Times first reported this morning …
Roland Burris, embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s choice to replace Barack Obama in the Senate, will unlikely have his certification papers in order by the time the 111th Congress convenes on Tuesday.
Burris filed an emergency lawsuit in the state Supreme …
Mitch McConnell is keeping pressure on Barack Obama to give Republicans adequate time to review the massive economic stimulus package that Democrats hope to pass by the time the president-elect is sworn into office on Jan. 20.
The Senate Republican leader’s …
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is the party pooper this New Year’s Eve for her Democratic colleagues.
In an e-mail sent Tuesday, Pelosi warned House Democrats about how much work was on their plates when the 111th Congress …
Roland Burris, the man Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich picked to succeed Barack Obama in the Senate, might get to etch another accolade into the monument he built for himself if this appointment goes through.
You see, Burris has …
President-elect Barack Obama says it is "extremely disappointing" that Rod Blagojevich appointed Roland Burris to his former Senate seat, and renewed his call for the embattled Illinois governor to resign amid corruption charges. He sided with Senate Democrats in arguing …
Dick Durbin, the senior senator from Illinois who is also the second-highest ranking Democrat in the Senate, said his governor’s decision to handpick a successor to Barack Obama is "an act of political defiance."
"This effort today will lead nowhere," Durbin …
Vice President-elect Joe Biden continues to fill out his staff, announcing today that he has signed on several Capitol Hill veterans.
Alan Hoffman, Biden’s longtime Senate chief of staff, will take on the deputy chief of staff role on …
In one of the most surreal press conferences of a year festooned with them, Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) more or less dared any Democrat to oppose Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojovich’s appointment of Roland Burris to replace Barack Obama in the …
National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn says Majority Leader Harry Reid and other Democratic leaders should not allow Roland Burris to take Obama’s seat.
"Responsibility for this latest Constitutional crisis facing the State of Illinois lies at the feet of …
