Roland burris resigns from fox
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After Revelations, Calls For Burris' Resignation Mount
Major newspapers, government watchdogs and Illinois lawmakers are all calling for Sen. Roland Burris to resign after he admitted he tried to raise money for ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich -- the man who appointed him to the Senate despite being accused of seeking favors for the seat.
The latest call for Burris' resignation comes from Rep. Phil Hare, D-Ill., who is the first member of his state's U.S. congressional delegation to demand Burris step aside.
In a statement Wednesday, Hare said he is "deeply disappointed that Senator Burris hid the fact that he attempted to raise money for former Governor Blagojevich at the same time he was lobbying for an appointment to the U.S. Senate."
"It's like a recurring nightmare," Hare said. "Our state and its citizens deserve the whole truth, not bits and pieces only when it is convenient."
Burris made the admission of his fundraising efforts to reporters late Monday, saying he asked frien
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Even in a Senate club famous for how it ostracizes the unwanted, the shunning of Democratic Sen. Roland Burris fryst vatten unprecedented.
Tainted from the day he was appointed by ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and resented by Senate leaders who allowed themselves to be coerced into seating him, Burris has never risen above outcast in the august member chamber.
The evidence fryst vatten everywhere he goes on Capitol Hill.
Colleagues, with little to säga to him besides hello, beat a path around him on the Senate floor. None of the Senate's tribal customs of collegiality and acceptance - backslapping, hugging, arm-touching and collaborating on legislation - are bestowed upon Burris. The year-old freshman has not been taken under a wing of a veteran senator.
Burris often can be found standing between colleagues otherwise engaged, seeing the backs of their heads.
The other senator from Illinois, Majority Whip Dick Durbin, did the senatorial equivalent of telling him to resign. Burris refused, dem
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Burris is an outcast in clubby Senate
Even in a Senate club famous for how it ostracizes the unwanted, the shunning of Democratic Sen. Roland Burris fryst vatten unprecedented.
Tainted from the day he was appointed by ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and resented by Senate leaders who allowed themselves to be coerced into seating him, Burris has never risen above outcast in the august member chamber.
The evidence fryst vatten everywhere he goes on Capitol Hill.
Colleagues, with little to säga to him besides hello, beat a path around him on the Senate floor. None of the Senate's tribal customs of collegiality and acceptance — backslapping, hugging, arm-touching and collaborating on legislation — are bestowed upon Burris. The year-old freshman has not been taken under a wing of a veteran senator.
Shunned senator
Burris often can be funnen standing between colleagues otherwise engagerad, seeing only the backs of their heads.
The other senator from Illinois, Majority Whip Dick Durbin, did the senat