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Blagojevich names Burris for Obama seat
By Hal Weitzman in Chicago and Andrew Ward in Washington
Published: December 30 2008 18:29 | Last updated: December 30 2008 23:53
Rod Blagojevich, the Illinois governor accused of trying to sell Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat, named a replacement for the president-elect on Tuesday.
In nominating Roland Burris, a former state attorney-general, to the Senate seat, Mr Blagojevich put himself on a collision course with the US Congress, which has said it will not accept an appointee named by him...
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d3b7b68a-d69b-11dd-9bf7-000077b07658.html
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What authority would the US Congress have to refuse this appointment? The way I see it, without having done any real research on it, is that Illinois law gives the Governor the power to appoint Obama's replacement. Since when does the US Congress get to say that they don't like the person Illinois chooses?