Empowered Patriots » Burris http://www.EmpoweredPatriots.com "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union .... establish this Constitution for the United States of America." Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:55:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en Democrat Meltdown Begins- Burris Rejected by Senate http://www.EmpoweredPatriots.com/2009/01/06/democrat-meltdown-begins-burris-rejected-by-senate/ http://www.EmpoweredPatriots.com/2009/01/06/democrat-meltdown-begins-burris-rejected-by-senate/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:25:06 +0000 Patriot http://www.EmpoweredPatriots.com/?p=335 Burris denied seat in U.S. Senate to succeed Obama

WASHINGTON - Former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris announced his rejection for Barack Obama’s Senate seat Tuesday in a bizarre rainy-day scene on the Capitol grounds as lawmakers awaited the gaveling of the 111th Congress into session.

Standing amid a huge throng of reporters and television cameras in a cold and steady rain, Burris, 71, declared that he had been informed that "my credentials are not in order and will not be accepted." (View video report )

He said he was "not seeking to have any type of confrontation" over taking the seat that he was appointed to by embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Speaking just an hour before the convening of the 111th Congress Tuesday, Burris said he was looking at a host of options for getting the seat.

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