One bill was sponsored by a Democrat and the other by a Republican. The vote on both was 7 to 4 against passage.
Ill. House committee votes on Burris Senate appointment
March 11, 2009 Critics say Burris was tarnished by accepting an appointment from disgraced former Governor Blagojevich who was removed from office partly because of accusations he schemed to sell the seat what was vacated by President Obama.