Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterLawmakers moving to strip Blagojevich of Senate choice
Published 12/10/2008 by CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney at CNN Political Ticker
(CNN) — Illinois lawmakers were quickly moving to take the decision of who will replace President-elect Barack Obama in the Senate out of the hands of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
The 17th Amendment to the Constitution allows governors to fill vacant Senate seats, but politicians from both sides of the aisle have said it would be [...]
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