Yes, it’s official. Rodney Burris will be sworn in as the junior senator from Illinois by Senate Democrats this week as President-elect Barack Obama’s Senate successor.
“He is now the senator-designate from Illinois and, as such, will be accorded all the rights and privileges of a senator-elect,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said in a joint statement after Senate lawyers determined that Burris’ paperwork met Senate requirements to be seated.
The two senators said they expect Burris, a former Illinois attorney general, to be sworn in and seated this week, barring objections from Republicans.
Does this mean that Gov. Rod Blagojevich, has won? Or is it the U.S. Constitution reigns supreme?
Who knows? Stay tuned.
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