claim: u.s. senate majority leader harry reid on whether senate democrats would seat roland burris.
author: harry reid
evidence_1: jan 7, 2009 ... roland burris, left, meets with senate majority leader harry reid in the ... a  political signal to blagojevich that we would not seat someone he appointed. ... if  seated, burris would be the only african-american in the senate.
evidence_2: jan 7, 2009 ... roland w. burris met with senators senator richard j. durbin of illinois, left, ...  burris, senator harry reid of nevada, the majority leader, and senator ... he also  had a credible legal claim and would provide democrats a reliable ... “if he gets  seated, then i'm going to work with roland burris, just like i work ...
evidence_3: jan 5, 2009 ... appointee roland burris declares himself the state's newest senator. ... u.s.  senate majority leader harry reid calls gov. ... senate democrats have said  they would not seat burris or anyone appointed by ... fritchey said that if the  house moves to impeach blagojevich this week, it may be forced to redo ...
evidence_4: jan 7, 2009 ... senate democratic leaders are changing course and it looks as if the ... senate  leaders harry reid and dick durbin both have said they have ... u.s. senate- appointee roland burris holds a news conference wednesday in washington. ...  it looks as if the senate will seat roland burris as the junior senator ...
evidence_5: jan 1, 2009 ... if burris shows up tuesday to claim the seat given to him by disgraced gov. ...  wednesday to keep roland burris from taking over president-elect barack  obama's seat, ... should burris appear in washington without that certification,  armed police officers ... u.s. senate majority leader harry reid (d-nev.) ...