The Illinois house of representatives voted 114 to 1 to impeach embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagoyevich, while the Illinois SupremeCourt ruled that Blagoyevich appointee, Roland Burris, may be seated as the junior senator from Illinois, without certification from the Illinois Secretary of State. Blagoyevich, becomes the first Governor in Illinois to be impeached. A remarkable record in [...]
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Blago Out Burris In: A Matter Of Time
Posted in politics, tagged Blago, commentary, corruption, harry reid, Illinois, Land of Lincoln, news, politics on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
More Corruption In Land Of Lincoln
Posted in politics, Uncategorized, tagged commentary, corruption, Illinois, Land of Lincoln, news, politics on December 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A state that has seen three former governors serve time since the 1970′s has once again offered the nation an example of political corruption through current governor Rod Blagojevich. Governor Blagojevich has been arrested and will face a litany of federal charges including one of of conspiring to leverage a seat in the United States Senate, previously held [...]
Blago 1 Reid 0 In Burris Reversal
Posted in politics, tagged Blago, commentary, corruption, harry reid, Illinois, Land of Lincoln, news, Senate Democrats on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Harry Reid, and the rest of the Senate Democratic leadership have elected to accept the appointment of Roland Burris as the Junior Senator from Illinois. Burris, was appointed by impeached and felony accused Illinois Governor Rod Blagoyevich. Democratic Party leaders in both the Senate, as well as in Illinois, had been vociferous about their absolute refusal [...]
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