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House panel unanimously recommends governor's impeachment

January 8, 2009

SPRINGFIELD – A legislative committee unanimously recommended impeachment for Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Thursday, setting up a vote that could make him the first governor to suffer such a fate in the state's long, sordid political history.

A vote to impeach, which could come this morning in the Illinois House, would trigger a Senate trial to decide whether the second-term Democrat should be removed from office. Full story »

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