Little sympathy for Blagojevich as impeachment moves forwardBy RYAN KEITH
GateHouse News Service/Peoria Journal Star
Posted Jan 08, 2009 @ 09:16 AM
Last update Jan 09, 2009 @ 09:51 AM
SPRINGFIELD, IL —
Top House leaders are making it clear they have little sympathy for Gov. Rod Blagojevich as they move forward with impeaching him.
Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie, who led the committee that recommended impeaching Blagojevich last night, kicked off today's historic House impeachment vote by putting the blame squarely on the governor for the situation he faces today.
"We stand here today because of the perfidy of one man: Gov. Rod Blagojevich," Currie, D-Chicago, said.
Currie noted lawmakers gave Blagojevich a week after his arrest Dec. 9 on federal corruption allegations to resign but he refused, so the impeachment process - reserved for "serious betrayals" of public trust - was started.
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