B001266 3192 387 Russell Senate Office Building http://burris.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm 202-228-3333 Roland 'd':4 'il':5 'sen':1 'burri':3,7,9 'roland':2,6,8 M 412328 Burris Sen. Roland Burris [D, IL] 1886 N00015389 5197 Democrat 202-224-2854 IL Roland Burris 1.0125 http://burris.senate.gov/ 412328 Person sen\. Wed Nov 18 11:11:54 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...nearly 40,000 pounds of chicken to Englewood, one of the poorest neighborhoods in Chicago. The boss showed up: U.S. Sen. Roland Burris attended the 40th birthday party at Carnivale Thursday of his former flack, Jason Erkes, who is now president of the C 'c':50 '40':8 '000':9 'erk':43 'one':15 'sen':27 'sun':53 'u.s':26 '40th':32 'boss':23 'near':7 'show':24 'text':3 'time':54 'burri':29 'final':2 'flack':41 'jason':42 'parti':34 'pound':10 'scott':5 'attend':30 'former':40 'presid':47 'roland':28 'suicid':6 'chicago':21,51 'chicken':12 'poorest':18 'sun-tim':52 'birthday':33 'carnival':36 'thursday':37 'englewood':14 'neighborhood':19 6726869 true true daylife Chicago Sun-Times http://www.suntimes.com/index/ OK http://www.suntimes.com/news/sneed/1889986,CST-NWS-sneed18.article 412328 Person congress Wed Nov 18 11:11:54 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...for reform. Moderates have balked at everything from the opt-out for states to abortion language, while liberals like Roland Burris and Bernie Sanders say it's public option or bust for them. Reid's immodest observation on his bill yesterday: "'If you'r 'r':63 '60':3 're':13 'opt':29 'say':44 'balk':23 'bill':10,59 'bust':50 'like':38 'reid':6,53 'abort':34 'berni':42 'burri':40 'daili':65 'harri':5 'liber':37 'moder':21 'polit':64 'state':32 'health':9 'observ':56 'option':48 'public':47 'reform':20 'roland':39 'sander':43 'second':4 'everyth':25 'impress':15 'languag':35 'opt-out':28 'immodest':55 'yesterday':60 'washington':1 6726870 true true daylife Politics Daily http://www.politicsdaily.com/ OK http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/11/18/washington-in-60-seconds-harry-reid-on-his-health-bill-if-y/ 412328 Person democrat Mon Nov 16 22:06:52 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...a sit-down with their leader. Attendees at the meeting included Democratic Sens. Barbara Boxer (Calif.), Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Roland Burris (Ill.), Al Franken (Minn.), Jay Rockefeller (W.Va.), Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders (V 'v':43 'al':29 'ill':28 'jay':32 'n.y':37 'sen':19,40 'sit':8 'hill':45 'meet':16 'minn':31 'ohio':25 'reid':1 'w.va':34 'berni':41 'boxer':21 'brown':24 'burri':27 'calif':22 'chuck':35 'huddl':3 'liber':2 'includ':17 'leader':12 'roland':26 'sander':42 'attende':13 'barbara':20 'franken':30 'schumer':36 'sherrod':23 'democrat':18 'independ':39 'rockefel':33 'sit-down':7 'healthcar':5 6716913 true true daylife The Hill http://www.thehill.com/ OK http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/68015-reid-liberals-huddle-on-healthcare 412328 Person democrat Tue Nov 17 22:23:53 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...a reason they turned to the more receptive Illinois, the adopted home state of President Obama. Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen. Roland Burris and Gov. Quinn--all Democrats--are welcoming the prospect of the federal government buying a little used Illinois super 'buy':39 'gov':27 'sen':20,23 'sun':47 'use':42 'dick':21 'home':15 'time':48 'turn':7 'adopt':14 'burri':25 'feder':37 'gitmo':2 'littl':41 'north':3 'obama':19 'quinn':28 'state':16 'super':44 'durbin':22 'govern':38 'presid':18 'reason':5 'recept':11 'roland':24 'welcom':32 'chicago':45 'illinoi':1,12,43 'sun-tim':46 'democrat':30 'prospect':34 6722470 true true daylife Chicago Sun-Times http://www.suntimes.com/index/ OK http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/11/illinois_gitmo_north.html 412328 Person democrat Mon Nov 16 22:06:50 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Byron Dorgan (ND), Kent Conrad (ND), Roland Burris (Ill.), Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Michael Bennet (Colo.), Mark Udall (Colo.) and Robert Byrd (W.Va.). 'nd':17,20 'cap':12 'ill':23 'sen':1 'way':10 'byrd':35 'colo':29,32 'kent':18 'mark':30 'ohio':26 'seek':5 'udal':2,31 'w.va':36 'brown':25 'burri':22 'byron':15 'trade':14 'bennet':4,28 'conrad':19 'dorgan':16 'robert':34 'roland':21 'michael':27 'sherrod':24 'colorado':38 'independ':39 6716910 true true google news The Colorado Independent OK http://coloradoindependent.com/42347/sens-udall-and-bennet-seek-to-have-it-both-ways-on-cap-and-trade 412328 Person democrat Mon Nov 16 22:06:51 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Roland Burris on Monday joined other prominent Illinois Democrats in announcing his support for transferring terrorism suspects held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to a downstate prison facility. I support the transfer of inmates from Guantánamo Bay to the 'bay':29,44 'call':48 'cuba':30 'held':26 'join':13 'roll':47 'burri':1,10 'facil':35 'gitmo':5 'inmat':6,41 'monday':12 'prison':34 'promin':15 'roland':9 'terror':24 'announc':19 'illinoi':8,16 'support':2,21,37 'suspect':25 'democrat':17 'downstat':33 'transfer':3,23,39 'guantánamo':28,43 6716912 true true daylife Roll Call http://www.rollcall.com/ OK http://www.rollcall.com/news/40625-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS 412328 Person congress Mon Nov 16 22:06:52 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Russ Feingold (Wis.), Herb Kohl (Wis.), Tom Harkin (Iowa), Al Franken (Minn.), Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Byron Dorgan (N.D.), Kent Conrad (N.D.), Roland Burris (Ill.), Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Michael Bennet (Colo.), Mark Udall (Colo.) and Robert Byrd (W.Va.) 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This has left the Democrats with a void now that the deadline to file or with 'dem':1 'run':33 'sen':26 'file':49 'left':38 'lose':3 'next':34 'seat':6,14 'sell':11 'void':43 'year':35 'alleg':8 'burri':28 'could':2 'obama':4,12 'senat':5,13 'taint':23 'bidder':18 'declin':31 'effort':9 'roland':27 'deadlin':47 'highest':17 'newsmax':52 'scandal':20 'democrat':40 'successor':25 'blagojevich':7 6716914 true true daylife NewsMax http://www.newsmax.com/ OK http://www.Newsmax.com/insidecover/obama_illinois_senate/2009/11/16/286801.html 412328 Person sen\. Mon Nov 16 22:06:49 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Centrists like Lieberman and liberals like Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) have indicated that while they will vote with Reid on the first procedural motion, ... 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'd':10 'il':11 'sen':5 'blog':30 'd-il':9 'fund':20 'hugh':1 'life':27 'meet':15 'open':12 'seat':13 'burri':7 'right':25 'senat':18 'candid':3 'nation':24,28 'roland':6 'conserv':19 'journal':29 'freedomwork':21 6716906 true true google news National Journal (blog) OK http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/11/kirk_foe_heads.php 412328 Person senator Thu Nov 19 22:18:07 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Prior to that post, Senator Burris served as Managing Partner of the largest minority-owned law firm in Chicago, and was subsequently of council to various other law firms as he continued his private practice. ... student in Hamburg, Germany, and went on 'w':3,56 'law':28,40 'own':27 'firm':29,41 'jess':6 'post':15 'serv':18 'went':53 'burri':4,17,57 'manag':20 'minor':26 'prior':12 'senat':1,16 'presid':11 'privat':46 'roland':2,55 'chicago':31 'continu':44 'council':36 'germani':51 'hamburg':50 'jackson':7 'largest':24 'partner':21 'practic':47 'student':48 'subsequ':34 'various':38 'campaign':9 'minority-own':25 6739558 false true google blog Roland W. Burris http://rolandwburris.blogspot.com/ OK http://rolandwburris.blogspot.com/2009/11/senator-roland-w-burris-on-jesse.html 412328 Person senate Thu Nov 19 11:12:16 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 On the public option, Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Roland Burris of Illinois have said they they would not vote for a bill without a mandatory public option. Sanders said Wednesday night, “We're still working on it.” Sen. ... 're':45 'sen':15,50 'bill':6,34 'move':3 'news':53 'reid':2 'said':26,41 'vote':31 'work':47 'berni':16 'burri':22 'floor':10 'harri':1 'night':43 'polit':55 'senat':9 'still':46 'would':29 'health':5 'massiv':4 'option':14,39 'public':13,38 'roland':21 'sander':17,40 'illinoi':24 'journal':52 'vermont':19 'without':35 'perspect':51 'mandatori':37 'wednesday':42 6736745 false true google blog Perspective Journal: News and Politics http://elliotts-yp.com/ OK http://elliotts-yp.com/?p=2730 412328 Person democrat Thu Nov 19 22:18:08 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 For example, a handful of Democratic senators, including Sen. Roland Burris (Ill.), Michael Bennet (Colo.), Tom Udall (N.M.), Jeffrey Merkley (Ore.) and Ron Wyden (Ore.), were scheduled to be on a codel over the next several days. ... 'll':6 'day':47 'ill':22 'n.m':28 'ore':31,35 'ron':33 'sen':19 'tom':26 'top':48 'colo':25 'find':7 'hand':14 'news':49 'next':45 'reid':1 'udal':27 'vote':10 'build':2 'burri':21 'codel':42 'senat':17 'sever':46 'wyden':34 'bennet':24 'exampl':12 'includ':18 'roland':20 'anticip':4 'jeffrey':29 'merkley':30 'michael':23 'schedul':37 'democrat':16 'healthcar':3 6739559 false true google blog Top News http://www.hillnews.com/ OK http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/68797-reid-builds-anticipation 412328 Person sen\. Wed Nov 18 22:19:12 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...construction measure to modify U.S. facilities for the purpose of holding Guantanamo detainees. Harkin, Durbin and Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., voted to reject it. Grassley voted to approve it. In addition to Latham’s proposal, U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, R-I 'd':30 'r':52 'ill':31 'r-i':51 'rep':48 'sen':26 'u.s':14,47 'bill':1 'hold':20 'kirk':50 'mark':49 'moor':55 'move':4 'stop':3 'vote':32,37 'addit':42 'burri':28 'd-ill':29 'facil':15 'gitmo':6 'would':2 'approv':39 'durbin':24 'harkin':23 'latham':44 'measur':11 'modifi':13 'propos':46 'purpos':18 'region':9 'reject':34 'roland':27 'detaine':7,22 'michael':54 'grassley':36 'construct':10 'guantanamo':21 6734068 false true daylife Michael Moore http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/ OK http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latest-news/bill-would-stop-move-gitmo-detainees-region 412328 Person democrat Wed Nov 18 22:19:06 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Similarly, Roland Burris, the Democratic Illinois senator appointed by disgraced governor Rod Blagojevich, has said he will vote against a bill that does not include a public option. Meanwhile, the White House will keep pushing for any ... 'rod':17 'bill':26 'hous':37 'keep':39 'push':40 'said':20 'vote':23 'burri':8 'divid':1 'senat':12 'stand':3 'white':36 'world':4 'includ':30 'option':33 'public':32 'roland':7 'appoint':13 'disgrac':15 'illinoi':11 'similar':6 'democrat':10 'governor':16 'meanwhil':34 'blagojevich':18 'macleans.ca':5,43 6734067 false true google blog Macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/ OK http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/18/divided-they-stand/ 412328 Person congress Wed Nov 18 11:11:47 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Just a year ago the Congress was not in a hurry to swear the new Senator Roland Burris, who took the place of Barack Obama in the Senate. The Democrat leadership closed the door and left the only African- American Senator to stay ... '23':10 'ny':9 'ago':15 'new':26 'door':45 'left':47 'owen':4 'stay':54 'took':31 'year':14 'burri':29 'close':43 'hurri':22 'illeg':5 'obama':36 'place':33 'right':55 'senat':27,39,52 'swear':24 'barack':35 'conced':3 'pundit':56 'roland':28 'african':50 'hoffman':1 'american':51 'congress':7,17 'democrat':41 'leadership':42 6726864 false true google blog Right Pundits http://www.rightpundits.com/ OK http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=5013 412328 Person senate Wed Nov 18 11:11:54 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...House bill, they have less influence over the Senate’s version.   They only have one CBC member in the Senate, Illinois Sen.  Roland  Burris (D). Burris filled Obama’s seat following his presidential win.   The latest Washington Post-ABC News p 'd':34 'p':51 'abc':49 'cbc':25 'one':24 'sen':31 'win':43 'bill':11 'blog':53 'care':8 'fill':36 'hous':10 'less':14 'news':50 'post':48 'seat':39 'tune':1 'burri':33,35 'debat':9 'obama':37 'senat':18,29 'follow':40 'health':7 'latest':45 'member':26 'roland':32 'bet.com':52 'illinoi':30 'version':20 'influenc':15 'post-abc':47 'presidenti':42 'washington':46 6726871 false true daylife BET.com: Blogs http://www.bet.com/News/Blogs OK http://blogs.bet.com/news/pamela/2009/11/18/tuned-in-or-out-on-the-health-care-debate/ 412328 Person democrat Tue Nov 17 22:23:50 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009 It doesn't make sense.” The nation's only black senator, Roland Burris of Illinois, is currently under investigation by the Senate Ethics Committee. Posted by Constructive Feedback at 4:29 PM. Labels: Democrats Who Are Black ... '4':39 '29':40 'pm':41 'hope':5,51 'make':13 'post':34 'sens':14 'black':8,19,46 'burri':22 'doesn':11 'ethic':32 'label':42 'polit':1,47 'senat':20,31 'nation':16 'polici':2,48 'roland':21 'within':6,52 'current':26 'illinoi':24 'committe':33 'democrat':43 'feedback':37 'investig':28 'patholog':3,49 'communiti':9 'construct':36 6722469 false true google blog Politics, Policy, Pathology and Hope WITHIN... http://withintheblackcommunity.blogspot.com/ OK http://withintheblackcommunity.blogspot.com/2009/11/congressional-black-caucus-on.html 412328 Person democrat Tue Nov 17 22:23:53 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...a sit-down with their leader. Attendees at the meeting included Democratic Sens. Barbara Boxer (Calif.), Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Roland Burris (Ill.), Al Franken (Minn.), Jay Rockefeller (W.Va.), Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders (V 'v':49 'al':35 'dem':3 'ill':34 'jay':38 'n.y':43 'sen':25,46 'sit':14 'cave':8 'meet':22 'minn':37 'ohio':31 'reid':5 'w.va':40 'berni':47 'boxer':27 'brown':30 'burri':33 'calif':28 'chuck':41 'liber':2 'press':4 'senat':1 'includ':23 'leader':18 'option':11 'public':10 'roland':32 'sander':48 'attende':19 'barbara':26 'franken':36 'schumer':42 'sherrod':29 'democrat':24 'independ':45 'rockefel':39 'sit-down':13 'firedoglak':50 6722471 false true daylife Firedoglake http://www.firedoglake.com/ OK http://news.firedoglake.com/2009/11/16/senate-liberal-dems-press-reid-not-to-cave-on-public-option/ 412328 Person republican Tue Nov 17 22:23:53 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...enough to scare Rep. Mark Kirk -- the Republicans' best bet -- from the race. The only luck they had was the decision by Sen. Roland Burris -- appointed by now-indicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich to fill Obama's remaining term -- not to run to keep the 'bet':20 'dem':1 'gov':42 'old':8 'rep':14 'rod':43 'run':53 'sen':33 'best':19 'fill':46 'keep':55 'kirk':16 'lose':5 'luck':26 'mark':15 'race':23 'risk':3 'seat':10 'term':50 'burri':35 'decis':31 'obama':6,47 'scare':13 'senat':9 'enough':11 'former':41 'indict':40 'remain':49 'roland':34 'appoint':36 'rantburg':57 'now-indict':38 'republican':18 'blagojevich':44 6722472 false true daylife Rantburg http://rantburg.com/ OK http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?D=2009-11-17&ID=283522