Senator Roland Burris News

NPR is wringing its hands . . . with good reason. Let's look at their list of Senate races and see how much good news is there for the Dems.

Although a flurry of last-minute candidates promises to make the 2010 election interesting, the 8th Congressional District race might yet again be the race to watch.

In August, as a Republican sweep in Virginia and New Jersey was looking increasingly probable, I speculated in an Examiner column as to whether such a sweep might foreshadow success in 2010, as it did in 1994.

Monday was the final day for candidates to turn in their petitions for the Feb. 2 primary.

Hey, Nancy, look out the window. You can see health care protesters from your House.

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A team of senior Veterans' Affairs officials will arrive at the Marion, Ill. VA Medical Center Thursday to begin recommending changes following a new report on its operations, the results of which Illinoisans in Congress labeled "appalling." During a meeting in Washington today with Illinois Gov.

First Rep. Mark Kirk, the Illinois Republican who has his eyes and fundraising set on President Barack Obama's old Senate seat, voted for a "cap and trade'' energy bill that fellow Republicans like to denounce as "cap and tax'' - Kirk one of a handful of Republicans who helped get the bill out of the Democratic-run House with the narrowest vote ...

Main Category: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Article Date: 04 Nov 2009 - 6:00 PST Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is in the "awkward position of looking for votes on a major health care reform bill that doesn't quite exist," Roll Call reports.

From the Politico : Racial disparity: All active ethics probes focus on black lawmakers The House ethics committee is currently investigating seven African-American lawmakers - more than 15 percent of the total in the House.

A new report from the inspector general in the Department of Veterans Affairs finds that the VA Medical Center in Marion, Ill., continues to be plagued by quality management and patient care problems some two years after a suspicious spike in the number of post-surgical patient deaths there.

The health care bill headed for a vote in the House this week costs $1.2 trillion or more over a decade, according to numerous Democratic officials and figures contained in an analysis by congressional budget experts, far higher than the $900 billion cited by President Obama as a price tag for his reform plan.

Last month it was school children merrily singing the praises of Barack Hussein Obama.A Mmm.

This past Monday, Edward Brooke was formally awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.

On the one hand, yesterday was just another Friday. Nine more banks failed, bringing the year's toll to 115.

Federal regulators are expected to seize Friday night the banks owned by Oak Park-based FBOP Corp., the troubled owner of Park National Bank of Chicago and eight other U.S. banks, people familiar with the situation say.

Thursday, 29 October 2009 13:21 by Laurie Kellman WASHINGTON - For Democrats determined to get a health care bill, Sen.

Democratic leaders were forced to include a national public health insurance option as part of health care reform by progressive Democratic senators who refused to support anything less, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin said on Monday.

Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, both Maine Republicans, have been in the spotlight this year because of their ability to cross party lines with political impunity, Politico reports.

Roland Burris had a good reputation in Illinois before he chose to accept the open Senate seat.