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firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/9/2009
Ill. House votes 114-1 to impeach Blago
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From NBC's Domenico MontanaroThe Illinois House has voted almost unanimously to impeach embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich -- 114 yes, 1 no, 1 not present, per our producers on the ground. This triggers a trial in the state senate and would start about a week after Obama is inaugurated, according to NBC's Lee Cowan, who added on MSNBC, that it is expected to take at least a couple of weeks, so Blagojevich could be impeached by mid-February. Blagojevich, however, remains defiantly confident and...( ...

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newsblogs.chicagotribune.com - 1/9/2009
House votes to impeach Blagojevich
— newsblogs.chicagotribune.com — SPRINGFIELD---In a historic vote, the Illinois House has impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich, directing the Senate to put the state’s 40th chief executive on trial with the goal of removing him from office. The vote by the House was 114-1 and marks the ... (more) House votes to impeach Blagojevich

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Obama, Blago flip sides of Bizarro plotline
suntimes.com - 1/13/2009
Obama, Blago flip sides of Bizarro plotline
— suntimes.com — Barack Obama jogged only slightly ahead of Rod Blagojevich across the news landscape of the past month, the glistening horizon of a new Camelot ahead, perhaps, but the jagged outline of the clouted city not far behind. Obama and Blago are more than ... (more) Obama, Blago flip sides of Bizarro plotline

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salon.com - 1/7/2009
AP Exclusive: Calendar shows key Ill. gov meetings
— salon.com — Jan 6th, 2009 | SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich's official calendar shows he met with a top union official in his Chicago office the day before Barack Obama was elected president -- just as federal prosecutors say the governor was scheming ... (more) AP Exclusive: Calendar shows key Ill. gov meetings

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Illinois House Votes to Impeach Blago
The Latest on Air America — MSNBC's First Read has the story: The Illinois House has voted almost unanimously to impeach embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich -- 114 yes, 1 no, 1 not present, per our producers on the ground. This triggers a trial in the state senate and would start about a week after Obama is inaugurated, according to NBC's Lee Cowan, who added on MSNBC, that it is expected to take at least a couple of weeks, so Blagojevich could be impeached by mid-February. Blagojevich, however, remains defiantly confident and believes he will fair better in ...

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