Driven by anger and politics.....? That's an odd phrase to appear in an AP story....I wonder if they polled every house member and asked them what was "driving" their vote.
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.sacbee.com/1089/story/1529374.html > > Illinois House impeaches governor Associated Press > Published: Friday, Jan. 09, 2009 > > SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Driven by anger and politics, the Illinois House has > voted to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich. > > The unprecedented action sets the stage for a Senate trial on whether he > should be thrown out of office for corruption and abuse of power. > > Blagojevich becomes the first Illinois governor to be impeached. > > House members found evidence that the two-term Democrat had abused his > power, including improperly spending tax money, adopting programs without > legislative approval and violating state hiring laws. He's denied > wrongdoing. > > The House began impeachment proceedings after federal authorities arrested > Blagojevich Dec. 9. He's accused, among other things, of attempting to sell > an appointment to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate > seat for political favors. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:284356 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
