Articles filed under Political Figures
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In Obama, many see an end to the baby boomer eraJan 11, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- When George W. Bush lifts off in his helicopter on Inauguration Day, leaving Washington to make way for Barack Obama, he may not be the only thing disappeari...
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Burris to stay in area; lawyers head to D.C.Jan 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris plans to stay in Chicago Monday while attorneys head to Washington to urge the Senate to accept his appointment to fill th...
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Obama family visits Lincoln MemorialJan 10, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama made an unannounced visit Saturday night with his family to see the Lincoln Memorial, paying tribute to a former president he ...
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Analysis: Blagojevich faces tough trial in SenateJan 10, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich will face long odds, and perhaps some legal twists, in the Illinois Senate trial to decide whether he'll keep his job or be tossed ou...
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Who didn't vote to impeach?Jan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Only two out of 116 Illinois House members casting votes Friday didn't support impeaching Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Both are Chicago Democrats and neither is r...
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Whistle-blower gets national limelightJan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - For weeks, the state's endured being a national and international punch line for jokes involving pay-to-play government, our disgraced governor and senate-seat shenaniga...
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Local reaction to Blagojevich's impeachmentJan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Rep. Rosemary Mulligan, a Des Plaines Republican "I am really more worried about the state and what bad governance has done to the state. We are in really bad shape head...
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Durbin: Burris failed to get signature, shouldn't be seatedJan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The battle over whether Roland Burris will become the next U.S. Senator from Illinois ping-ponged Friday between legal and political venues in Springfield,...
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Impeachment: The House might do it twiceJan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Friday's Illinois House vote marked the first time in the state's more than 190-year history that a governor had been impeached. Soon, Gov. Rod Blagojevich...
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Blago: History-making impeachment no surpriseJan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich surrounded himself Friday with the sick, poor, elderly, disabled and a crying baby, trying to erect a political human shield around hi...