Burris may breeze into Senate

• Politico – Sun Jan 11, 7:12 PM ETSenate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) suggested Sunday evening that Democratic leaders may not require that a Senate panel review the appointment of Roland Burris before he is sworn in as the next senator from Illinois.
• Will Mitch McConnell rain on Obama’s parade? McClatchy Newspapers – Sun Jan 11, 6:59 PM ETWASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell may be the most powerful Republican in federal government, but he will have to work hard to herd his party’s dwindled caucus during President-elect Barack Obama’s congressional honeymoon phase.
• No. 2 Senate Democrat hopes deal near on Burris AP – Sun Jan 11, 6:36 PM ETWASHINGTON – The Senate’s second-in-command, Sen. Dick Durbin, said Sunday that he is moving away from resisting former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama’s successor and hopes a resolution to the disagreement will be reached soon.
• A look at key provisions in Senate lands bill AP – Sun Jan 11, 2:30 PM ETThe Senate on Sunday advanced legislation that would designate more than 2 million acres of wilderness across nine states, from California to Virginia. The bill, introduced by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, also would set aside former President Bill Clinton’s childhood home in Hope, Ark., as a national historic site.
• Analysis: GOP urging restraint in stimulus debate AP – Sun Jan 11, 8:32 AM ETWASHINGTON – Out of power, Republicans appear to be retreating to familiar old ground. They’re becoming deficit hawks again.