U.S. Senator-designate Roland Burris (D-IL) (L) and Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) walk toward the Senate Chamber underneath a painting of Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation before Vice President Dick Cheney swears him into the Senate at a ceremony in the Old Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on January 15, 2009 in Washington, DC. Burris was appointed by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to fill the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.Friday, January 16, 2009
Roland Burris Is Sworn In As Illinois Senator
U.S. Senator-designate Roland Burris (D-IL) (L) and Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) walk toward the Senate Chamber underneath a painting of Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation before Vice President Dick Cheney swears him into the Senate at a ceremony in the Old Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on January 15, 2009 in Washington, DC. Burris was appointed by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to fill the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.