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Ethics committee: No punishment for Burris

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FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2009 file photo Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill. is seen during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, the Senate ethics committee admonished Burris for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack Obama. The committee didn't recommend any punishment. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Posted on November 20, 2009 at 11:46 AM

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack Obama. The committee didn't recommend any punishment.

Burris was appointed by disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was impeached and driven from office after he was accused of trying to sell the Senate seat.

The committee's "Public Letter of Qualified Admonition" told Burris that while it found no violations of law, "Senators must meet a much higher standard of conduct."

The committee wrote Burris that his phone conversation with the former governor's brother was inappropriate. It says Robert Blagojevich called Burris on Nov. 13, 2008, seeking to raise funds for his brother, and Burris appeared to agree to write a check while also bringing up his desire to seek the Senate seat.

Burris is not running for a full term.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

 

 

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madhatter1 said on November 20, 2009 at 1:00 PM

Welcome to Illinois politics..... Hmmmm... whos Senate seat did he take over?? That should tell you alot, the whole nation is now seeing Chicago style politics. It doesn't matter what the people want, we know what's best for them. This is how it is in Illinois, there is Chicago who calls all the shots, and then there is the rest of us in what's called "down-state" Illinois. Funny how the rest of us are looked "down" on!!!

woodchuck said on November 22, 2009 at 1:34 PM

no way should "downstaters" be blamed for the daleyland debacle. you should be allowed to secede from the state. unfortunately, you're tax dollars are used to fund the graft, and corruption in Springfield and Chicagoland.