Articles filed under Political Figures
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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...
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Ulysses, he ain't, but career options still peachy for impeached BlagoJan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - If you are a resident in the Land of Lincoln, the news is that the Illinois House voted Friday to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich in the wake of the felony criminal allegat...
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Indiana AG: Keep Ryan in prisonJan 08, 2009 10:00 pm - jryan@dailyherald.com In a letter Friday, Indiana's attorney general urged President George Bush not to set former Illinois Gov. George Ryan free from federal prison. "...
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House panel unanimously recommends impeachmentJan 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Illinois lawmakers will vote today on whether to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich for what a key committee called "a pattern of abuse of power." "I think that the House will...
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Obama completes national security teamJan 08, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Promising to protect the United States while adhering to its core human values, President-elect Barack Obama formally unveiled his intelligence team Friday...
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Rifts show as Obama urges quick action on stimulusJan 08, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers are under orders to finish action on President-elect Barack Obama's nearly $800 billion economic recovery plan by mid-February. But already it is...
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Burris denies Blago quid pro quo for Senate seatJan 08, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris said Thursday he's never been involved in an improper deal in his two decades in government and didn't strike any agre...
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Obama warns of dire consequences without stimulusJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - FAIRFAX, Va. -- President-elect Barack Obama urged dubious lawmakers Thursday to work with him "day and night, on weekends if necessary" to approve the largest taxpayer-...