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DAILY BEAST COVERAGE

Burris: I Won

Roland Burris-make that Senator-designate Burris-tells reporters he is 'humbled and honored' to be the junior senator from Illinois.

7:00 PM | Jan 12, 2009

Burris Shown the Door

Roland Burris has been turned away by the secretary of the Senate. In the video above, he and his attorney offer some remarks outside the Capitol building.

12:34 PM | Jan 6, 2009

Burris: I'm the Junior Senator

A defiant Roland Burris tells reporters that '[w]hat has been done here is legal...I am the junior senator from Illinois." The US Senate may disagree; visit CNN for more.

3:05 PM | Jan 5, 2009

Is Race a Factor?

Bobby Rush, backing Blago's pick of Roland Burris, says, 'I don't think that anyone...wants to go on record to deny one African-American from being seated in the US Senate.'

5:03 PM | Dec 30, 2008

The New Senator From Illinois?

Gov. Blagojevich introduces 71-year-old attorney Roland Burris as his choice to fill Barack Obama's senate seat, and tells reporters he's "enjoyed the limelight."

4:34 PM | Dec 30, 2008
Obamas Mini-Me

Obama's Mini-Me

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Meet Kwame Raoul, the young, ambitious Illinois pol who holds Obama's state senate seat. If he has his way, he'll follow Obama to Washington, too.

7:11 AM | Dec 6, 2008
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