Articles filed under Rod Blagojevich
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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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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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Blagojevich lawyers want U.S. attorney off caseJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Attorneys for Gov. Rod Blagojevich asked the federal courts today to kick U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and his staff off the case and end the governor's prosecution....
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Lawmakers recommendation: Impeach BlagojevichJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich should be impeached for failing to put the state's interests before his own and losing the citizens' confidence, an Illinois House pan...
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Burris expects to join Senate 'very shortly'Jan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Roland Burris said Wednesday he should be able to join the Senate "very shortly," after talking to newly supportive Democratic leaders and working on linge...
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What does Blagojevich get out of Senate appointment?Jan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich could have expected Tuesday's spectacle in Washington, D.C., as his U.S. Senate appointee was denied a seat representing Illinois in the upper chamb...
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White says he's taking too much blame in Burris sagaJan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White says he's being unfairly blamed by members of the U.S. Senate for not seating Roland Burris. Burris was barred from taking Presid...
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Burris affidavit shows little contact with BlagoJan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- In a formal affidavit, Roland Burris says he had only one limited conversation with Governor Rod Blagojevich before accepting his appointment as a U.S. se...