Leaders Probed on Burris

Ethics Panel Hears Reid, Durbin

• By Emily Pierce
• Roll Call Staff
• March 19, 2009, Midnight

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Wednesday got drawn further into the drama over Sen. Roland Burris’ (D-Ill.) controversial appointment, as they found themselves in the uncomfortable position of giving information to the Senate Ethics Committee about the embattled Senator’s questionable push to join the world’s most exclusive club.