Today, in a reversal from his previous position, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) opened the door to seating Roland Burris as the successor to President-elect Obama’s Senate seat. At the end of his press conference, Reid said that Burris’s appointment with undoubtedly come to a full Senate vote:
Q: Are you suggesting that there will ultimately be a vote of the entire Senate on whether or not to seat Roland Burris?
REID: I think without any question that will be the case.
Watch it:
Softening his earlier stance that Burris should not be seated, Obama called the situation a “Senate matter,” but he added, “If he gets seated, then I’m going to work with Roland Burris just like I worked with all the other senators to make sure that the people of Illinois and the people of the country are served.”
Update
Jane Hamsher documents Reid’s prevarications.
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