Senate Ethics Committee: No Punishment For Burris

Courtesy NPR: Politics & Society  Fri, 11/20/2009 - 11:26

The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack Obama.

The committee didn't recommend any punishment.

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