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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...( ...