Senate Democrats clear Burris as Obama's successor
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090113/capt.530261dc0f1743ee84fb0635a9db1395.senate_burris_ilca104.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=gr.O34lxr7nU5cofQVtJrA--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="Illinois U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris gestures, right, during a news conference in Chicago, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. U.S. Senate leaders announced earlier Monday they'll accept Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's Senate successor and expect to swear him in soon. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090113/ap_on_go_co/senate_burris)AP - Eager to put the scandal-tainted standoff behind them, Senate Democrats accepted Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's Senate successor on Monday and said they expect to swear in the new Illinois senator this week. "He is now the senator-designate from Illinois and, as such, will be accorded all the rights and privileges of a senator-elect," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said in a joint statement.</p><br clear="all"/>
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