AP NewsBreak: SC lawmakers to take up impeachment (of Mark Sanford)

[brooklynite]

Source: AP

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina lawmakers plan to formally consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chairman of the committee beginning that work said Friday.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Harrison told The Associated Press he is appointing an ad-hoc committee of four Republicans and three Democrats who will begin meeting Tuesday. He said he expects to have a resolution to impeach ready before Christmas for the full Judiciary Committee to consider.

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Harrison, R-Columbia, announced his plans two days after the State Ethics Commission said it would move forward with charges against the two-term governor. The commission spent three months investigating Sanford's use of state planes for personal and political purposes, unreported trips on donors' and friends' planes, pricey commercial travel despite a state low-cost travel rule and personal reimbursements from his campaign account.

The Ethics Commission could release details of those charges as soon as Monday. But Harrison said the ad hoc panel would begin work without that information.

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Talk about a Christmas present for the Deemocrats...

[Jackpine Radical]

1. That will no doubt be Sanford (D), Gov., SC.

[47of74]

2. After he's thrown out he could go live with Governor Goodhair.

[aquart]

3. Nah. He'll be finally free to find true love.