Blago impeached
No sooner had I alluded to the upcoming impeachment of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich in the previous post than I discovered that it was no longer merely upcoming.
By a vote of 114-1, with one member voting "present," the Illinois House has made Blagojevich the first governor in the long and often corrupt history of my native state to be impeached.
The 59-member Illinois State Senate will convene next week to begin arrangements for the trial. Forty guilty votes will be required to convict Blagojevich and remove him from office. Should this take place, Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn will take his place.
By a vote of 114-1, with one member voting "present," the Illinois House has made Blagojevich the first governor in the long and often corrupt history of my native state to be impeached.
The 59-member Illinois State Senate will convene next week to begin arrangements for the trial. Forty guilty votes will be required to convict Blagojevich and remove him from office. Should this take place, Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn will take his place.
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