Though he has refused to comment publicly, or to discuss his future plans with senior Senator Dick Durbin, the Chicago Sun-Times reports that Roland Burris has realized the gig is up for Roland Burris, and so apparently he will not run for reelection. He will not resign, however: Roland Burris seems...

Hat Tip: Politico.com Sen. Dick Durbin urged Sen. Roland Burris on Tuesday to quit his job as the junior senator from Illinois, but the embattled senator has no plans of leaving the Senate. In a private meeting that lasted nearly an hour, Durbin told Burris that the growing controversy over his appo...

In a meeting a short time ago, Senator Dick Durbin told Roland Burris he should consider resigning. Burris said he won't. Durbin did not sound happy. He told Andrea Mitchell that Burris "did not give a full disclosure" about his contacts with Blagojevich. And, he talked about the criminal investigat...

  Senator Dick Durbin , the senior senator from Illinois and the No.2 democrat in the US Senate asked Roland Burris, the junior senator from Illinois  to consider resigning based on all the information that’s emerged in the last few weekes. And guess what Burris did? He politely declined!!...

That's the message that Sen. Roland Burris will be giving to his senior Senator Dick Durbin: Lynn Sweet has the scoop: "Burris will also be sending, directly or indirectly (maybe this is it) two messages: he will not resign in the wake of the controversy surrounding his appointment by the ousted Gov...

The Chicago Tribune is asking some tough questions of the Democrats who continue to allow Roland Burris to serve in the Senate: By what he said and what he chose not to say, Roland Burris lied his way into the United States Senate. Our questions, then, for leaders of Burris' Democratic Party: Sen. D...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich didn’t go down without a big fight (or a full-on media assault), and judging by the comportment of his controversial Senate pick, Roland Burris, we can expect another show of defiance if Burris is put on trial for perjury. AP via mywebtimes.com: CHICAGOR...

Even with Roland Burris' announcement that he would no longer talk to the media, the news keeps drip, drip, dripping out. Let's start with a classic Burris move. Last month, during his testimony at the impeachment trial of former Governor Rod Blagojevich, there was a line of questioning about Burris...

Abandons him quite comprehensively, in fact: WASHINGTON–Embattled Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) is cancelling his Thursday schedule, where he was to have met with Rockford area civic, elected and religious leaders as Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) sent out a very frosty statement, saying Burris faile...

Senator Roland Burris may soon be former Senator Burris. The guy who walked him onto the Senate floor for his swearing-in is even abandoning him: Sen. Roland Burris is rapidly losing any political support he once had among colleagues, with Democrats from the statehouse to the White House raising que...