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Illinois House committee unanimously recommends impeachment of Gov. Rod Blagojevich
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois House committee unanimously recommends impeachment of Gov. Rod Blagojevich.Tags: Executive Branch, Rod Blagojevich
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Panel recommends impeaching Ill. governor for abuse of power; House action planned for Friday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois House committee has unanimously recommended that Gov. Rod Blagojevich (bluh-GOY'-uh-vich) be impeached for abuse of power. The decision sets the stage for the full House to take action Friday and make...Tags: FBI, Illinois Supreme Court, Mike Bost, Corruption, Roland Burris
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Burris tells impeachment committee he didn't cut deal with Blagojevich for Senate appointment
Associated Press WriterSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris testified Thursday that he didn't strike any agreement with Gov. Rod Blagojevich to win the plum position, and said he's never been involved in an improper deal in his two decades in...Tags: Local Elections, Upper House, Illinois Supreme Court, Executive Branch, Rod Blagojevich
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Cheney says no need for pre-emptive pardons for those involved in harsh interrogations
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Dick Cheney says he sees no reason for President George W. Bush to pre-emptively pardon anyone who authorized or was involved in harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists. Cheney also said during an interview...Tags: George Bush, National Government, Dick Cheney, Central Intelligence Agency
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Obama to hold traditional meeting with Mexican president next week
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama will meet with Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday. Obama transition officials said the visit was in keeping with the tradition of U.S. presidents meeting with their Mexican counterpart soon...Tags: Felipe Calderon, National Government, 2009 U.S. Presidential Transition, 2009 U.S. Presidential Inauguration, Migration
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Can't copy Big Blue-print for success
tom.rock@newsday.comThe tree is bearing fruit, and everyone has come a-pickin'. That's what usually happens in the NFL. A team finds success doing things a certain way with certain people, and a handful of teams scurry about trying to pluck pieces from the success whether...Tags: Philosophy, Football, Public Employees, National Football League, New England Patriots
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Bush to Obama: 'Want you to succeed'
The Swampby Mark Silva It rained on the Rose Garden picture that President Bush hoped to take with his predecessors, including his father, and his successor, President-elect Barack Obama, at the White House today. So the nation's living and future presidents......Tags: George Bush, National Government, Executive Branch, The White House
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Jack Kemp has cancer: Report
The SwampJack Kemp, right, at a National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity hearing at Access Chicago on Tuesday, July 15, 2008. He was accompanied by fellow former HUD secretary Henry Cisneros. (Chicago Tribune photo by Tom Van Dyke.)......Tags: Baseball, National Government, Cancer, Football, Bob Dole
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Roland Burris-Senate standoff 'thaws'
The Swampby Mike Dorning Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid opened a potential path to seating Roland Burris in the Senate after a 45-minute meeting with the former Illinois attorney general at the Capitol this morning. After days in which Senate leaders......Tags: Harry Reid, Upper House, Executive Branch, Rod Blagojevich, Roland Burris
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Obama: Waste-patrol to control spending
The Swampby Peter Nicholas President-elect Barack Obama announced today that he is creating a new high-level position to wring waste and inefficiencies from government, as part of a broader push to bring more discipline to federal spending. At a news conference,.....Tags: National Government, 2009 U.S. Presidential Inauguration, U.S. Department of Treasury, Roland Burris, Diplomacy
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Obama: Stimulus not as big as some want
The Swampby Frank James President-elect Barack Obama said he expected his economic stimulus package wouldn't be near the top end of economists estimates because of growing concerns about federal deficits. At a Washington press conference where he announced his...Tags: Public Relations, Upper House, National Government, Rod Blagojevich, Roland Burris
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Obama can't and shouldn't bully Burris
The Swampby Frank James Mark Brown, the Chicago Sun-Times columnist, argues President-elect Barack Obama should either tell Roland Burris directly, or have some tough-talking emissary (Rahm Emanuel perhaps), tell the senator-in-limbo to end his bid to be seated in...Tags: Upper House, National Government, Chicago Sun-Times, Rahm Emanuel , Roland Burris
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