{"id":1340,"date":"2009-01-09T12:19:33","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T17:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=1340"},"modified":"2009-01-09T12:22:15","modified_gmt":"2009-01-09T17:22:15","slug":"breaking-illinois-house-votes-to-impeach-blagojevich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/09\/breaking-illinois-house-votes-to-impeach-blagojevich\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Illinois House Votes to Impeach Blagojevich"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Fox News and the AP<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Illinois House Impeaches Blagojevich<\/h3>\n

The unprecedented action sets the stage for a Senate trial on whether the governor should be thrown out of office for corruption and abuse of power.<\/h5>\n

Friday, January 09, 2009<\/p>\n

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Driven by anger and politics, the Illinois House has voted to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich.<\/p>\n

The unprecedented action sets the stage for a Senate trial on whether he should be thrown out of office for corruption and abuse of power.<\/p>\n

The governor seemed to acknowledge the inevitable when he issued a statement Thursday night that looked past the House vote and predicted a different outcome in the subsequent Senate trial. His statement criticized the hearings leading up to the House vote as unfair and biased.<\/p>\n

A House committee has been studying the possibility of impeachment since shortly after the governor’s arrest on federal corruption charges. On Thursday, the 21-member panel unanimously recommended impeachment, saying Blagojevich has abused his power and mismanaged the state. Read the rest…<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No Surprise really, it was kind of a forgone conclusion that he’d be impeached after his arrest on federal corruption charges. Gov. Blagojevich’s spokesman says he won’t resign so it looks like we’re headed for a trial in the Illinois Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Fox News and the AP: Illinois House Impeaches Blagojevich The unprecedented action sets the stage for a Senate trial on whether the governor should be thrown out of office for corruption and abuse of power. Friday, January 09, 2009 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Driven by anger and politics, the Illinois House has voted to impeach […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[425,427,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-1340","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"tag-illinois","8":"tag-impeachment","9":"tag-rod-blagojevich","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-lC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1421,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/29\/state-senate-removes-blagojevich-from-office\/","url_meta":{"origin":1340,"position":0},"title":"State Senate Removes Blagojevich From Office","author":"Jeff","date":"January 29, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Illinois State Senate has voted to remove Gov. 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