Roland Burris Official Bio

Roland Burris

Roland Wallace Burris is an American politician who is a former United States Senator from the state of Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party. Wikipedia*

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Roland Burris has 147 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1984 Convention as a State Controller for the State Treasury in Illinois. The year with the most videos was 2009 with 78 videos as a U.S. Senator-Designee for Illinois. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2010 with an average of 4,054 views per program. Most appearances with Polly Baca (3), Timothy Wright III (3), Robert Garcia (2). Most common tags: Illinois, Democratic National Convention.

Appearances by Title:c. December 30, 2008 - Present U.S. Senator-Designee, Illinois
D-Illinois


Videos: 4 c. March 15, 1994 - Present Gubernatorial Candidate,
D


Videos: 1

Previously

U.S. Senator, D-IL January 15, 2009 - November 29, 2010 Videos: 136 Attorney General, Illinois
D c. January 14, 1991 - c. January 9, 1995 Videos: 2 Vice Chair, Democratic National Committee c. July 18, 1988 - c. August 21, 1992 Videos: 2 State Controller, State Treasury, Illinois c. January 1, 1978 - c. January 1, 1990 Videos: 2

Recent Appearances

  • Senate Session, Part 1

    Senate Session, Part 1

  • Military Nominations

    Military Nominations

    The Senate Armed Services Committee took up the nominations for Air Force General Claude Kehler to head U.S. Strategic Comman…

  • Senator Burris Farewell Address

    Senator Burris Farewell Address

    Senator Roland Burris (D) Illinois gave a farewell speech. He thanked his supporters and his family for his time in Congress…

  • Air Cargo and Airport Security

    Air Cargo and Airport Security

    John Pistole and Alan Bersin testified on actions taken to improve air cargo security following the Yemen bomb plot uncovered…

  • Senate Session

    Senate Session

    Senator Joe Manchin was sworn in as the senator from West Virginia to fill the seat vacated by the death of former Senator Ro…

  • Senate Session

    Senate Session

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Historical Member of Congress Record

Former District Map
Former Ideology Rankings

Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Committees

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Floor Activity

    • Days on Floor: 0
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