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senate battles

You may have forgotten by now, but Minnesota still doesn’t have a junior senator:

• Minnesota Supreme Court takes on Coleman-Franken

After millions of dollars in fees and costs, thousands of pages of legal briefs and seven months of legal wrangling, the battle to fill Minnesota’s vacant U.S. Senate seat boiled down to an hour of arguments Monday before the Minnesota Supreme Court.

And Roland Burris still isn’t secure in his seat:

• Ethics watchdog group says Burris Senate ethics inquiry should be open to public

The February 24 letter noted that published reports had indicated that Senator Burris “may have misrepresented his contacts and conversations with former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and his associates” and “may have attempted to raise campaign contributions for the former Governor, in contradiction to his sworn testimony and public statements.”