Burris declares he's a senator despite controversy
Updated Jan 05, 06:31 PM
From Associated Press/AP Online
WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats struggled to avert a showdown steeped in race and corruption Monday as a defiant Roland Burris declared, "I'm a United States senator" despite boiling controversy over his appointment to President-elect Barack Obama's seat in Congress.
Burris was named last week by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who faces charges of having attempted to sell the seat.
Burris has not been accused of any wrongdoing, but Senate Democrats expressed the hope that the veteran Illinois Democrat would not violate protocol by attempting to walk uninvited into the chamber.
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