 The pressure may be mounting on U.S. Sen. Roland Burris to resign, but Mayor Richard Daley wasn't going to be one to add to it today. "Let's put everything in perspective and give him an opportunity to explain himself," Daley said today when asked if Burris should step down. "Automatically, every time something happens people want everybody to resign. Is it becoming very common now to tell people to resign after he was appointed?"
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Daley gave Burris credit for voting for the federal economic stimulus package which the mayor said "never would have passed" without Burris' vote.
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Burris, appointed by Rod Blagojevich after his Dec. 9 arrest but before the Illinois Senate removed from the governor's office, faces two inquiries about his appointment and his evolving versions of how it came to pass. One is a perjury investigation in Springfield and the other is preliminary inquiry by the Senate Ethics Committee.
Asked if he thought voters who wanted more transparency in government were disappointed in Burris, Daley said he thought people would eventually "move on with their lives."
"Three people got killed [last night]. Do you think the people who killed them care who is their U.S. senator?" Daley said. "Life goes on." Daley was referencing a triple shooting of teens on the South Side.
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