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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/29/2009
Blagojevich Removed From Office
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Rod Blagojevich has been convicted in his impeachment trial by the state Senate, removing him from office, making him as of now the former governor of Illinois. The vote by the Illinois state Senate just came to a close, with a unanimous 59-0 verdict against him. A threshold of 40 was ...
Blagojevich Ousted by Illinois State Senate
nytimes.com - 1/29/2009
Blagojevich Ousted by Illinois State Senate
— nytimes.com — The Senate convicted Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich on a sprawling article of impeachment that charged him with... abusing his power. > (more) Blagojevich Ousted by Illinois State Senate

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news.yahoo.com - 1/29/2009
Ill. gov unanimously convicted, tossed from office - Yahoo! News
— news.yahoo.com — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich was bounced from office Thursday without a single lawmaker rising in his... defense, ending a nearly two-month crisis that erupted with his arrest on charges he tried to sell Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat . ... (more) Ill. gov unanimously convicted, tossed from office - ...

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Quinn: 'I will be ready'
suntimes.com - 1/29/2009
Quinn: 'I will be ready'
— suntimes.com — The Bible is ready. The oath has been prepared. The lieutenant governor and his family are on... their way to Springfield. And the current governor's belongings are boxed up and waiting to be picked up at the Executive Mansion. (more) Quinn: 'I will be ready'

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Talking Points Memo — Illinois Senate convicts Blago -- unanimously.

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