claim: on whether to seat roland burris as the new senator from illinois.
author: harry reid
evidence_1: reid initially said that the senate would not seat burris, citing ... been given as to  how any rule of the senate, whether it be formal or ... burris refused to resign his  seat, despite calls to do so from new illinois ...
evidence_2: feb 16, 2013 ... roland burris, who briefly occupied obama's vacated senate seat, ... the thrust  of the memoir is his journey from centralia, illinois, to his ... the senate initially  refused to seat him, and federal investigators looked into whether he had tried ...  even when i was in the senate, i went after the new york times, ...
evidence_3: roland burris' appointment by embattled illinois gov. ... monday and said they  expect to swear in the new from u.s. senator from illinois this week. ... and it looks  as if the senate will seat roland burris as the junior senator from illinois once all  ...
evidence_4: feb 16, 2009 ... us senator roland burris of illinois tried yesterday to quell new questions ... talk  about his appointment to the senate seat vacated by president barack ... to  obama with few if any connections to the scandal-plagued governor.
evidence_5: jan 6, 2009 ... roland w. burris outside the capitol on tuesday after being turned away ... if the  illinois senate seat is contested in court, the issues could be ...