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Durbin Calls for Illinois Special Election

By David M. Drucker
Roll Call Staff
Dec. 9, 2008, 1:36 p.m.

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is calling for the Illinois Legislature to immediately pass a veto-proof bill that would require President-elect Barack Obama’s Senate successor to be chosen in a special election, rather than by gubernatorial appointment.

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