Opposition to seating Burris in Senate weakening
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20090106/capt.photo_1231258784177-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=1nuD0Xiew1hzmjyuYa86SQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid(R), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi(L) addressing reporters on Capitol Hill on January 5, 2009 in Washington, DC. The new US Congress was convening Tuesday at the dawn of an era of dominance for Barack Obama's Democrats in Washington with lawmakers consumed by the worst economic crisis in generations.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_go_co/senate_burris)AP - Former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris is closer to taking President-elect Barack Obama's seat in the Senate, say knowledgeable officials in both parties, despite Democratic leaders' vows to reject any appointee of Gov. Rod Blagojevich.</p><br clear="all"/>
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