Miserable News for Sen. Burris

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I think time is short for Roland. Especially considering these newest revelations:

The names of lobbying clients that Sen. Roland W. Burris declared to a state legislative panel do not match those on records he filed over the last decade with Illinois and Chicago agencies, a CQ analysis of the records has found.

The discovery comes as Burris, an Illinois Democrat, is fending off calls for his resignation for failing to fully explain his dealings with impeached former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who appointed him to succeed President Obama. The Senate Ethics Committee also is looking into discrepancies in his statements to the Illinois House Impeachment Committee.

…records with the secretary of state show Burris representing the Council of Independent Tobacco Manufacturers of America from 2003 to 2005 and the Illinois Association of Mortgage Brokers in 2007. But those clients don’t appear in his filing with the Impeachment Committee.

Dick Durbin, Burris’ fellow senator from Illinois, who happens to be the number two Democrat in the Senate and a close friend of the president’s, said that Burris’ bumbling answers to the questions about his relationship with Rod Blagojevich raised “serious questions.” With new scandals about his lobbying background piled on top of those problems, I’d be stunned if he remains.

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