From Politico:
Roland Burris will take his seat in the Senate Thursday – a day later than planned so that his family can be on hand for his swearing in, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday.
Democrats hope that Burris’ seating will allow them to move past a controversy that has served as a major distraction in the first days of the new Congress.
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In a statement, Texas Sen. John Cornyn – the new chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee – said that the “entire situation has been a national embarrassment that could have been avoided had Sen. Harry Reid and the Democratic leadership simply done the right thing from day one.”
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