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Inside a meeting Roland Burris had with officers of the Senate on Tuesday, everyone couldn't be nicer, I've been told.

Former US president George HW Bush with President-elect Barack Obama, President George W Bush and former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office yesterday.

About the appointment by Gov. Rod Blagojevich of Roland Burris to the U.S. Senate, somebody big is lying, big-time. Pat Buchanan: There's something about Harry By PAT BUCHANAN 3 hours, 4 minutes ago About the ...

A lot of people in Illinois are getting ready to make the trip to Washington D.C. for the historic inauguration of President-elect Obama.

If Reid studied his history a bit more closely, he might realize that -- for all of its racial baggage -- Illinois is the only state in the Union that has twice elected African-Americans to the US Senate over ...

President-elect Barack Obama has reportedly settled on his choice to head the CIA: Former Rep.

Barack Obama believed that seven candidates were "highly qualified" to succeed him in the Senate, but the two people Illinois Gov.

A report at the link below states that: Top Senate Democrat Harry Reid made it clear who he didn't want in the post: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Danny Davis or Emil Jones.

JOHN BRUMMETT MORE COLUMNS One thing that's become obvious, even at elite levels in this country, is that we don't really believe a man is innocent until proved guilty.

Reid pressured Blagojevich not to appoint Jackson Jr. to Obamaa TMs U.S. Senate seat January 2, 2009 BY NATASHA KORECKI, CHRIS FUSCO AND LYNN SWEET Days before Gov.

Through media and the courts, Roland Burris is fighting hard to be sworn in as a U.S. senator, despite warnings that Senate leaders plan to snub him because he was chosen by disgraced Illinois Gov.

Under mounting international pressure, Israel offered humanitarian aid to Gazans but did not agree to a 48-hour cease-fire, holding out for a promise from Hamas for a cessation of rocket fire into civilian ...

Gov. Blagojevich shocked the nation Tuesday by naming one of Illinois' most well-known black political figures to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat.

Adapted from Congress Matters . By now you've seen the news. And the Senate reaction.

From NBC's Savannah Guthrie, Marcie Rickun and Carrie Dann When Roland Burris ran against Rod Blagojevich for governor in 2002, the former state attorney general had the support of none other than current ...

President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet choices have sent a ripple through state politics, fostering behind-the-scenes jockeying to fill key vacancies in the shadow of the Chicago scandal over filling Obama's ...

Jared Allen at The Hill reports some members of the Congressional Black Caucus are disappointed President-elect Barack Obama has not appointed more African-Americans to his Cabinet.

The Hill wrote that the Congressional Black Caucus is dissatisfied with President-elect Barack Obama's cabinet appointments.

Some members of the CongressionalA "Liberal Negro"A Caucus are disappointed President-elect Obama did not appoint more African-Americans to his Cabinet.

Some members of the Congressional Black Caucus are disappointed President-elect Obama did not appoint more African-Americans to his Cabinet.