It’s official. Roland Burris, appointed by indicted Governor Rod Balgojevich, has been denied entry to the United States Senate chamber.
A Democratic official says the secretary of the Senate has turned former Illinois attorney general Roland Burris away from taking the seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, determined to not allow the Colorado vacant Senate seat to become a spectacle like New York, is set to announce his decision on replacing Sen. Ken Salazar. The Rocky Mountain News is reporting that Denver Public School Superintendent Michael Bennet will be named to replace Sen. Salazar.
Gov. Bill Ritter is shattering [...]
Sources close to Governor David Paterson say that he is likely to name Carolina Kennedy, the daughter of former President John F. Kennedy, to the United States Senate seat being vacated by Hillary Clinton. Clinton has been nominated to be President-elect Barack Obama’s Secretary of State.
The replacement for Clinton has become a spectacle for the [...]
Illionois Governor/Criminal Rod Blagojevich [D] will choose African-American former Illinois Atty. Gen. Roland Burris to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid [D-NV] and the Democrats have promised not to seat anyone chosen by Blagojevich and I don’t think that will change. Blagojevich clearly tried to outmaneuver Reid by choosing [...]
The daughter for former President John F. Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, will formally seek the United States Senate seat being vacated by Senator Hillary Clinton, according to the NY Times.
The decision came after a series of deeply personal and political conversations, in which Ms. Kennedy, who friends describe as unflashy but determined, wrestled with whether to [...]
The stocks markets are down in reaction to the United States Senate’s failed attempt to pass the Big Three Auto bailout.
But, that is not all that is down. The big question to ask, is this a huge Harry Reid failure?
I was not a real big fan of the Auto Bailout anyway. But that is not [...]
A Public Policy Polling survey finds that Caroline Kennedy gets the most support from New York Democrats to replace Senator [and soon-to-be-Secretary of State] Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate. Forty-four percent of NY Dems want Caroline Kennedy, an early supporter of President-elect Barack Obama, to be their next Senator. Twenty-three percent favor Andrew Cuomo, [...]
Senator Chuck Schumer decided against a third term as Chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. I guess picking up 13 seats over two election cycles was enough for Schumer.
He said he felt it was time to devote more of his energy to legislation in what he hopes will be a historic Congress. When [...]
The Hill reports that the replacement for Vice President-elect Joe Biden in the Senate will be Ted Kaufman, a long-time assistant to Senator Biden.
Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner (D) held a press conference Monday afternoon to announce the selection. It is seen as a placeholder pick that will allow the seat to be open in 2010, when [...]
Polling guru Nate Silver projects that Democratic challenger Al Franken will defeat Republican Senator Norm Coleman in the recount for the Minnesota Senate seat.
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