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      <excerpt>...a &quot;public letter of qualified admonition,&quot; a stinging rebuke of Burris' shifting explanations about his appointment.   Sen. Roland Burris was admonished by the Senate ethic panel Friday, although the panel said his actions did not rise to the level&#160; of</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...It's merely a coincidence, but the word associated with Sen. Roland Burris on Friday -- admonish -- was announced earlier this week as Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2009.  A verb dating to the 14th century, admonish means &quot;to express warning or</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... A Senate ethics panel cleared Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) of any legal wrongdoing, after months of questions swirling around his appointment to the Senate seat President Obama left vacant upon taking office. The panel, however, strong criticized Burris</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...The following page was sent to          A copy was sent to your e-mail address              Click to enlarge      Sen. Roland Burris (D-IL) fields questions from the media following a Small Business Administration roundtable discussion at the University</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Roland Burris, saying he had been less than candid about his gubernatorial appointment to the Senate seat previously held by President Barack Obama. In taking the action, the panel decided</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Senate Ethics Committee admonished Sen.&#160;Roland Burris today for being &quot;less than candid&quot; about his contacts with impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich in the months before Burris' appointment to the Senate. In a&#160;letter to the Illinois Democrat, the ethics pa</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...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</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...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: &quot;'If you'r</excerpt>
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