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      <excerpt>...sitting senators for his administration. Sen. Michael Bennet in Colorado is seeking his first full term; Sens. Ted Kaufman of Delaware, who has Vice President Joe Biden's old seat, and Roland Burris of Illinois, who has Obama's old seat, aren't running.</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...in Colorado is seeking his first full term; Sens. Ted Kaufman of Delaware, who has Vice President Joe Biden's old seat, and Roland Burris of Illinois, who has Obama's old seat, aren't running. Republicans also have in their sights Democratic Sens. Blanc</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...in Colorado is seeking his first full term; Sens. Ted Kaufman of Delaware, who has Vice President Joe Biden's old seat, and Roland Burris of Illinois, who has Obama's old seat, aren't running. Republicans also have in their sights Democratic Sens. Blanc</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...what specific part of the&#160;Constitution authorizes Congress to mandate that individuals must purchase health insurance, Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) pointed to the part of the Constitution that&#160;he says authorizes the federal government &quot;to provide for t</excerpt>
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      <title>America can only be Right: Senator Burris Makes Up Parts of Constitution</title>
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      <excerpt>...or seven in various reports. &quot;Staff were unable to describe the methods used to validate mortality data,&quot; the report said. Sen. Roland Burris,&#160; who also met with Shinseki and visited the center in April, said there was reluctance by the hospital to hav</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...or seven in various reports. &quot;Staff were unable to describe the methods used to validate mortality data,&quot; the report said. Sen. Roland Burris, who also met with Shinseki and visited the center in April, said there was reluctance by the hospital to have </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...his record of consistently voting for big business and against Illinois families, he's wrong.&#8221; Embattled Democratic Sen. Roland Burris is not seeking election to the Obama seat that he was appointed to last year by indicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...in the necessary procedural vote to end debate, perhaps with intentions to change the bill&quot; (Bolton, 11/2).  Meanwhile, Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., who &quot;has gained some publicity on Capitol Hill for saying he won't vote for a health care reform bill tha</excerpt>
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