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Illinois Senate impeaches Blagojevich

August 14, 2013Global Politics

In a 59-0 vote, the Illinois State Senate ousted Governor Rod Blagojevich yesterday and barred him from holding public office in the state again. Though the former governor made a closing statement in his own defense, senators were unmoved.

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