CHICAGO, April 28 (UPI) -- Sen. Roland Burris introduced fellow Illinois Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin as the "senior citizen" from Illinois during Vice President Joe Biden's Chicago visit.
BELLEVILLE, Ill., April 10 (UPI) -- Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., says he has accumulated $500,000 in legal bills stemming from his appointment to the U.S. Senate by ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
WASHINGTON, March 20 (UPI) -- The man who replaced President Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate, Roland Burris, wants to set up a legal defense fund to protect his seat, a Senate aide says.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Federal investigators interviewed U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., on Saturday in Chicago, sources told the Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., is working with top Democratic Party staffers to get up to speed in his new post, the Senate majority leader says.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Leading Senate Democrats Monday said Roland Burris, a former attorney general from Illinois, is to be certified as the state's newest U.S. senator.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's appointment to the U.S. Senate demanded Sunday that he be seated before Inauguration Day.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris Wednesday voice optimism about representing Illinois in Washington after some questions are resolved.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama signaled Wednesday the Senate will seat former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris as the junior senator from Illinois.
CHICAGO, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama said Tuesday he agrees the U.S. Senate shouldn't seat the ex-Illinois attorney general Gov. Rod Blagojevich picked to replace him.
