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Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) leaves after reading a statement to reporters at Illinois State University, in Bloomington/Normal, Ill. Burris has now acknowledged he sought to raise campaign funds for former Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich at the request of the governor's brother, at the same time Burris was making a pitch to be appointed to the U.S. Senate. Rod Blagojevich went on to appoint Burris to fill President Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat.

Spotlight on Burris

(Tribune photo by Terrence Antonio James / February 17, 2009)

Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) leaves after reading a statement to reporters at Illinois State University, in Bloomington/Normal, Ill. Burris has now acknowledged he sought to raise campaign funds for former Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich at the request of the governor's brother, at the same time Burris was making a pitch to be appointed to the U.S. Senate. Rod Blagojevich went on to appoint Burris to fill President Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat.