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  • Sen. Burris speaks in Edwardsville; He's confident health care bill will pass (21 Mar 2010 01:40)

    ... Sen. Roland Burris, D-Chicago, said Saturday that he is confident ... since he began his stint in the Senate last year. He mentioned credit card reform ... "That's just the beginning," said the lame-duck senator, who also mentioned future plans to work ...

  • Senator discusses health care, jobs (21 Mar 2010 03:34)

    ... EDWARDSVILLE - Sen. Roland Burris stopped by the YMCA Saturday afternoon to discuss jobs and health care legislation with ...

  • Legislative Roll Call March 15 - March 19 (21 Mar 2010 05:36)

    ... Voting 68 for and 29 against, the Senate on Wednesday sent President Obama a jobs ... the bill. Voting yes: Dick Durbin, D, Roland Burris, D Voting no: Mitch McConnell, R, Jim ...

  • Senators question flood mapping (20 Mar 2010 15:56)

    ... A bipartisan group of senators, including Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, questioned the Federal ... Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Dick Durbin, D-Illinois and Roland Burris, D-Illinois. In the March 18 letter, the ...

  • Senator Roland Burris Announces Recovery Act Funding for Water System Improvement Projects in Illinois Communities (19 Mar 2010 17:44)

    ... City of Lawrenceville: $6,040,000 loan; the funding will be used for water system improvements. Senator Burris and the Democratic-led Congress passed the 2009 American Reinvestment and Recovery Act that ...

  • Sen. Leahy on Senate Passage Of Bill To Address Crack/Powder Sentencing Disparity (19 Mar 2010 12:15)

    ... Sentencing Act was introduced last year by Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), a senior member of ... Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), and others, and the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously advanced the legislation to ... Sherrod Brown (D- ), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Roland Burris (D-Ill.), Tom Harkin (D- The bill will ...

  • Senate Dems launch protest of GOP filibusters of Obama nominees (16 Mar 2010 16:28)

    ... Senate Dems launch protest of GOP filibusters of ... Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.) Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.) and Roland Burris (Ill.), focused on Republican blockage of President ... of floor speeches. As many as 10 senators are expected to participate. One thing has ...

  • Kirk Hits Air With First TV Ad In Senate Race (15 Mar 2010 22:10)

    ... Hits Air With First TV Ad In Senate Race Republican Mark Kirk hit the airwaves ... former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and U.S. Sen. Roland Burris flashes on the screen. Kirk is running ... Strand said in a statement. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee also blasts Kirk in a ...

  • Leahy Praises Senate Passage Of Historic Bill To Address Crack/Powder Sentencing Disparity (18 Mar 2010 17:37)

    ... > > Leahy Praises Senate Passage Of Historic Bill To Address Crack/Powder ... Sentencing Act was introduced last year by Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), a senior member of ... (D-Mich.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Roland Burris (D-Ill.), Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), and Jim Webb ...

  • Sen. Carl Levin Holds A Hearing On The "Don'T Ask, Don'T Tell" Policy (18 Mar 2010 18:44)

    ... TRANSCRIPT March 18, 2010 COMMITTEE HEARING SEN. CARL LEVIN CHAIRMAN SENATE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES WASHINGTON, D.C. SEN. ... UDALL, D-COLO. SEN. MARK BEGICH, D-ALASKA SEN. ROLAND BURRIS, D-ILL. SEN. EDWARD E. TED KAUFMAN, D-DEL. ...

  • 16 senators press FEMA for answers on flood maps (18 Mar 2010 21:50)

    ... 16 senators press FEMA for answers on flood maps U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said today a bipartisan ... R-La.; Robert Menendez, D-N.J.; Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.; Roland Burris, D-Ill.; and Jon Tester, D-Mont. ...

  • 16 U.S. senators to take on federal flood maps (19 Mar 2010 20:43)

    ... Sen. Dick Durbin has gathered 15 other senators, mostly from Mississippi River states, to look ... by Durbin, a Springfield Democrat and the Senate's assistant majority leader. The issues senators want ... bi-partisan group from nine states include Sen. Roland Burris, D-Illinois, as well as both of Missouri's ...

  • Sheehan's Stand (19 Mar 2010 15:22)

    ... Never, though, has the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee been as plainly frustrated ... of his opening statement – before the senators' questions that led to some of the ... sparks of the hearing came when Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) asked Sheehan if he'd ever overseen ...

  • Leahy Speaks About Efforts On Behalf Of Refugees At Capitol Hill Conference (18 Mar 2010 07:17)

    ... Refugees At Capitol Hill Conference WASHINGTON – Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) joined advocates on Capitol ... States. Leahy is the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, ... Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), and Roland Burris (D-Ill.). “It is time to renew America’s ...

  • DADT Repeal Still Uncertain (17 Mar 2010 22:26)

    ... testifying on Thursday, March 18, before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Michael Almy is a ... Ask, Don't Tell'' repeal bill. They are Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), the bill's lead sponsor; ... Levin (D-Mich.); Sen. Mark Udall (D-Conn.); Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.); and Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.). Of ...

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