Moments, ago the Illinois House voted 114-1 to impeach Gov. Blagojevich. The lone no vote came from Rep. Milt Patterson (D-Chicago). Also of note, Rep. Elga Jefferies (D-Chicago) voted "present."
Here's video of Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie's closing statement followed by the roll call:
The Tribune reports on what's next:
Next week, when the Senate convenes, it will begin the process of setting up a trial of the governor in which each of the 59 state senators act as judge and jurors.
A total of 40 senators are needed to convict Blagojevich, which would remove the governor from office and make Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn the state's new chief executive. A trial is expected to take at least three weeks.
Blagojevich is scheduled to hold a press conference at 2 p.m.
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Paul (not verified) on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 11:29
that news conference will be a nationally televised display of denial, delusion, and more of the same "I will fight, fight, fight
I believe that the citizens of Illinois can call today an "up day"
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