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New Congress Takes Oath
Illinois
appointee
rejected
Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Tribute Saturday
The m usic of the legendary Ray C harles lives on in a Tribute
to Ray Charles, a benefit for jazz education at the Mt. Hood
C om m unity College Theater on the G resham cam pus Saturday,
Jan. 10. D oors open at 7 p.m. with the show beginning at 8 p.m
T he concert will feature some of Portland s finest m usicians,
such as Patrick Lamb, Liv Warfield, Duffy Bishop, Andy Stokes,
the Am erican Music Program with Thara M emory and the Mt.
Hood Com m unity College Jazz Band and G enesis V ocal E n
semble.
“W hen students perform a musical tribute to a legendary
figure such as Ray Charles, they learn a great deal about the life
and music o f that m usician, and they gain historical perspec
tive,” said Susie Jones, M HCC Music instructor. “T hese stu
dents will pay tribute to the past, w hile perform ing alongside
some o f Portland's finest living m usicians."
Tickets are $ 18 online through Tickets O regon o r $20 at the
door. For more inform ation, visitpatricklam b.com .
The Capitol rang loud with
vow s to fix the crisis-rid d en
econom y T uesday as Congress
opened for business at the dawn
o f a new D em ocratic era. "We
need action and we need action
now," said Speaker N ancy Pelosi.
R epublicans agreed, and pledged
cooperation in Congress as well
as with President-elect Barack
O bam a — to a point.
On a day largely devoted to
cerem ony, new m em bers of C on
gress and those new ly re-elected
sw ore to defend the C onstitu
tion. The Senate galleries were
crow ded; children and grandchil
dren o f law m akers squirm ed in
their seats in the House cham ber
as the w inners in last fall's elec
tions claim ed their prizes.
O ne o ffic e-se ek er w as not
am ong them.
In a scripted bit o f political
theater. D em ocrat Roland B um s
o f Illinois was inform ed he would
not be seated because his paper
work was not in order. He pledged
a lawsuit, the latest twist in a
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political dram a that began when
he was nam ed to O bam a's Senate
seat by Gov. Rod Blagojevich,
who has been charged with hav
ing attem pted to sell the appoint
ment.
Parting from many of her Demo
cratic colleagues, Diane Feinstein
o f California, the chairm an o f the
LIVE UNITED.
Diversity Works at
Senate Rules Com mittee, said that
the Senate should seat Burris.
H ow ever tainted by corrup
tion charges, B lagojevich has the
right to appoint som eone to Presi
dent-elect Barack Obama's former
seat, Feinstein said.
Feinstein said that blocking
Burris would have ram ifications
fo r o th er g o v ern o rs' ap p o in t
ments.
O bam a was across town in a
meeting with his econom ic advis
ers as the opening gavels fell in
the House and Senate at noon.
His inauguration as the nation's
first black president is two weeks
away.
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Potter. “T he dock represents a T he co m m ittee, co m p rised o f all the B lazers d u rin g the ‘90s
legacy o f hardw orking men and citizen s and city staff, rev iew ed and w as sad d en ed , like m any
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Illinois U.S. Senate Appointee Roland Burris makes a statement Tuesday after departing
Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (AP photo)
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