Roland Burris

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February 25, 2014
VIDEO - MSNBC's Chuck Todd talks to two of the African-American senators who followed in his footsteps. Sen. Tim Scott…
January 24, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Sen. Tim Scott is part of a very small community of African-Americans who have served in the…
December 18, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Burris lists the top three issues in the black community as disparity in health care, disparity in…
November 23, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - The departing U.S. senator whose December 2008 appointment was clouded by controversy is now considering a run…
November 19, 2010
OPINION - The situation regarding diversity in the upper chamber of Congress, or the lack of it, is troubling to…
November 18, 2010
Burris did not mention the controversy surrounding his appointment by former, impeached and now convicted Gov. Blagojevich...
February 5, 2010
CHICAGO (AP) - That historically all-white club known as the U.S. Senate is likely to lose what little diversity it…
February 2, 2010
CHICAGO (AP) - The governor's office isn't the only GOP target. They also hope Democratic disarray will let them capture…
November 20, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. "Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished a Democratic senator for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete"…
October 19, 2009
A Democratic Senator, shunned by some members of his own party who were reluctant to even seat him, may now…
August 12, 2009
From Essence.com: Cheryle Jackson has announced her campaign to run for President Obama’s old Senate seat, now currently held by
June 19, 2009
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (AP) -- An Illinois prosecutor says the US Senator appointed to fill President Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat…
May 28, 2009
Did Roland Burris offer to give then-Governor Rod Blagojevich a campaign donation and ask for the Senate appointment in the
May 27, 2009
CHICAGO – U.S. Senator Roland Burris of Illinois is reacting today to phone transcripts that, some say, implicate him in