Roland Burris (D-Blagojevich), who nominally represents me in the United States Senate, at best got a hand-slap from the Senate Ethics Committee for giving evasive and dishonest answers when he explained how he ended up getting appointed to Barack Obama's former seat.From AP:
The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack Obama. The committee recommended no action beyond the letter.
Burris was appointed by disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was impeached and driven from office after he was accused of trying to sell the Senate seat.
The committee cited at least one example, a phone conversation with the governor's brother, where Burris linked his willingness to raise funds for the governor with appointment to the Senate.
While finding no violation of law, the committee's "Public Letter of Qualified Admonition" told Burris that "Senators must meet a much higher standard of conduct" than he exhibited with his constantly changing statements.
The Democrats of course control the Senate and the Senate Ethics Committee.
Once again, I have to point out that this embarrassment could have been avoided. Within a few hours of Blago's arrest, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) suggested that a special election be held to replace Obama. But because a Republican could have won that election, Durbin changed his mind.
Dr. Bill Smith of the ARRA News Service is calling for Burris to resign.
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