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!!...

Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Hillary Rodham Clinton, two of the most influential members of the Senate, said goodbye to their colleagues yesterday, while the chamber welcomed Illinois's Roland W. Burris, a man it had tried to keep out....

The Senate will swear in Roland W. Burris as the junior senator from Illinois this week, ending a standoff that had become an embarrassment for Democratic leaders and President-elect Barack Obama....

The Senate will swear in Roland W. Burris as the junior senator from Illinois this week, ending a standoff that had become an embarrassment for Democratic leaders and President-elect Barack Obama....

From CNN.com: Burris says he's honored to be seated in the SenateFrom Evan Glass and Dana BashCNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Illinois Senate-designate Roland Burris said Monday afternoon that he is "truly humbled and honored" to learn he will be seated in the Senate later this week. Earlier in the day, Sen...

After a near perfect month of transition operations, Obama has stumbled twice in two weeks....

It was not lost on anyone that the president-elect of the United States, riding the crest of his popularity, and the Democratic leadership of the U.S. Senate were outsmarted last week by a state politician who won his last election almost 20 years ago....

Race is NOT an issue when it comes to seating Roland Burris as the junior Senator from Illinois at least it shouldn’t have been but obviously it has become an issue. I guess that’s why Dick Durbin, Harry Reid and news anchors alike keep talking about it. Just a few hours ago Dick Durbin ...