The Junior Senator From IL
January 15, 2009
| 4:22 PM
Roland Burris was sworn in today as the junior senator from IL, giving the Democrats a 58-41 majority in the U.S. Senate and ending one storyline in the ongoing political drama surrounding the arrest of his homestate governor.
VP Dick Cheney administered the oath to Burris, and his colleagues toasted the newest member of this exclusive club with brownies and cookies.
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