tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/9/2009
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Meet Illinois state Reps. Milton Patterson and Elga Jefferies -- the only members of the state House to vote against impeaching Rod Blagojevich.
As it turns out, both of them are lame ducks. Patterson didn't seek re-election last year, and Jefferies was defeated in her Democratic primary.
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salon.com - 1/7/2009
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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 ...
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AP Exclusive: Calendar shows key Ill. gov meetings
chicagobreakingnews.com - 1/9/2009
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ed_patterson640.jpg Reporters talk to Rep. Milton Patterson today
after the impeachment vote in Springfield. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune)...
The lone "No" in the 114-1-1 vote on the impeachment of Gov. Rod Blagojevich was Rep. Milton Patterson, a ...
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Lone 'No' vote is Rep. Patterson
suntimes.com - 1/8/2009
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Arya's memo says Blagojevich is good dad, great
guy but ineffective, emotionally unstable chief executive SPRINGFIELD ...
When former Chicago television broadcaster Bob Arya joined Gov. Blagojevich's staff as a senior advisor in November 2006, the ...
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Ex-advisor to panel: Order Blago to get psych ...
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BLAGOJEVICH IMPEACHED: What Happens Now? (WATCH VOTE)
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In an unprecedented action, the Illinois House voted 114-0 to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich Friday. Rep. Milton Patterson (D-Chicago) was the lone vote against impeachment. Rep. Elga Jefferies (D-Chicago) voted "Present."
Watch the vote:
Watch impeachment panel chair Rep. Barbara Flynn Curry's closing statement (via Progress Illinois):
What happens now? From the ...
BLAGOJEVICH IMPEACHED: What Happens Now? (WATCH VOTE)
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In an unprecedented action, the Illinois House voted 114-0 to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich Friday. Rep. Milton Patterson (D-Chicago) was the lone vote against impeachment. Rep. Elga Jefferies (D-Chicago) voted "Present."
Watch the vote:
Watch impeachment panel chair Rep. Barbara Flynn Curry's closing statement (via Progress Illinois):
What happens now? From the ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/10/2009 — The Illinois state House has voted to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
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dailykos.com 12/10/2008 — A few questions about which you may be wondering: 1. With what was Gov. Blagojevich charged? The indictment (PDF) has two counts: conspiracy to defraud the State of Illinois and the people of the State of Illinois of the honest services to ...
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