The Senate's Making a Big Mistake on Burris

The Senate’s Making a Big Mistake on Burris

By Madison Powers and CQ Guest Columnist

Posted January 7, 2009 at 1:00am

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Madison Powers is Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University. His column appears weekly in CQ Politics on Wednesday.

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