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Dear Senator Durbin,
I oppose any type of rushed through, ideological, and government expanding legislation. I think I am with most Americans when I say that our health care system needs some major overhauling. The answer of course is not government run, rationed, and socialized medicine. Despite the lies that American taxpayers are being told about [...]
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Blagojevich Indicted
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After a last ditch attempt by Impeached Illinois Governor Blagojevich, the Illinois State Senate has voted unanimously (59-0) to remove the Governor from office. Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn becomes the new Governor by Illinois law and is expected to be sworn in later today. The State Senate also voted 59-0 to bar the former Governor [...]
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
SPEAKER: GOV. ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, D-ILL.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate, thank you very much. I’m grateful for the opportunity to be here today and present my closing argument, my chance to be able to talk to you, talk to the people of Illinois, and talk to anybody else who is listening. [...]
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In an historic first for Illinoisians, lawmakers today voted 114-1 to impeach the embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The governor was charged with corruption in December of last year, and has focused the nation’s attention on the “pay to play” scandals plaguing Chicago and our great state. Notably due to the charge of Blago attempting to [...]
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The Illinois governor, Rod Blagojevich just did the unthinkable. This afternoon, the embattled democratic governor named Illinois lawyer and politician, Roland Burris as the person to fill President-elect Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat. Obama resigned from the U.S. Senate after winning the Presidential election in November.
Illinois has been in the national spotlight since Blaogjevich was arrested earlier this month under [...]
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