Breaking: Blago Impeachment Vote May Come As Soon As Next Week

[babylonsister]

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/01/madigan-possible-impeachment-vote-next-week.html

Chicago Breaking News

Madigan: Possible impeachment vote next week
January 2, 2009 at 1:22 PM


Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is calling lawmakers back to Springfield next week for a possible vote on impeaching Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

A House special investigative committee weighing whether to recommend impeachment is scheduled to continue its hearing Tuesday, a day after U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald is to ask a judge whether the panel can hear some of the covert recordings made of Blagojevich.

Today, Madigan issued a letter telling all lawmakers to be back at the Statehouse in Springfield Wednesday. The letter says the House may be called to vote on the panel's report next week. Madigan told his House colleagues they may need to be in session every day through Jan. 13.

Blagojevich was arrested Dec. 9 on corruption charges that included allegations he sought to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.

The governor named former state Atty. Gen. Roland Burris to the seat this week, adding fuel to critics' calls to impeach him as soon as possible. Burris' appointment is expected to be challenged by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who does not want anyone appointment by the embattled governor to take a seat in the U.S. Senate.

-- Ray Long and John Chase

[NeedleCast]

1. Sweet. Time for this butthole to be gone

Has anything been mentioned as to whether or not an impeachement would succeed?

[babylonsister]

2. If it's 'just' a vote, I don't see a problem, but I don't know what the

hold-up has been either. So I don't know.

[NeedleCast]

3. If I understand it right

they just need a 50% vote to impeach. They need a 2/3 majority to convict. I'm not so sure how the 2nd part of that equation comes into play.

As for the hold up...it's politics I'm sure.

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. Thanks for the update. Blag is a shit stirrer!

[applegrove]

5. Cannot happen quickly enough I say.

[spanone]

6. get. him. gone.

[madrchsod]

7. good...they`ll get the votes to impeach and convict

if they do`t, the shit will hit the fan in illinois...we`ll throw all the bums out!

[WillowTree]

8. If there's one thing Illinois Democrats AND Republicans agree on...

....it's that Blo-J needs to go. The sooner, the better.

[BlooInBloo]

9. That's about the only thing that'll make Reid look a *little* bit less stupid.