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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: bijou on February 14, 2009, 12:19:09 PM
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A published report says U.S. Senator Roland Burris acknowledges he was asked for up to $10,000 in campaign donations by former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother before he was appointed to the senate seat by Blagojevich.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports on its Web site Saturday that Burris didn't make the donation. Burris gave the newspaper a copy of a sworn statement he has sent to the head of the Illinois House impeachment committee.
Burris says he sent the affidavit to House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie when he realized his testimony before the committee wasn't complete.
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link (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/14/report-blagojevich-asked-burris-donation/)