Senate Democrats plan to accept Roland Burris for President-elect Barack Obama's vacant seat.Rod Blagojevich,embattled Illinois governor named Roland Burris, a 71-year-old former Illinois attorney-general, to fill Obama vacant Senate seat.
Blagojevich, as governor, is legally entitled to make the appointment. But anyone appointed by him will be automatically tainted.
Democratic leaders in the US Senate said they will not allow anyone appointed by Blagojevich to take the vacant seat.
Roland Burris failed to capture President-elect Barack Obama's old Senate seat Tuesday in a wild piece of political theater, but the Democrats' opposition cracked when a key chairwoman said seating him was simply the legal thing to do. Democratic leaders, set to meet with Burris on Wednesday.however today Senate Democrats plan to accept Roland Burris for President-elect Barack Obama's vacant seat. He will have to answer a series of question
from senators from across the aisle. They simple want to make sure the appointment was done legally by Rod Blagojevich,Illinois governor, who planned to sell the senator seat earlier.
Knowledgeable Senate officials of both parties widely predicted that the saga would end with Burris being seated. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
Roland Burris said this is not a race issue.
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