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Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 December 2008 12:58 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 16 December 2008 12:58
From the Associated Press:
An Illinois impeachment panel prepared to go to work Tuesday in its first steps toward removing disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich. And the embattled Democrat signaled he isn’t going down without a fight.
Lawmakers Monday quickly shelved the idea of setting a special election where voters would fill the vacant Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama—the seat the governor is accused of trying to sell before his arrest last week on federal corruption charges.
But the House also voted 113-0 to create a bipartisan committee that will recommend whether Blagojevich should be impeached.