| Senate Dems retreat on Burris; Obama steps in (AP) [2 mins] AP - Senate Democrats beat a hasty retreat Wednesday from their rejection of Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's successor, yielding to pressure from Obama himself and from senators irked that the standoff was draining attention and putting them in a bad light. Burris said with a smile he expected to join them "very shortly." | CBO sees record $1.2 trillion '09 deficit [18 mins] |
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