Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich Impeached

House Resolution for Impeachment

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, Section 14 of Article IV of the Illinois
3 Constitution provides that the House of Representatives has the
4 sole power to conduct legislative investigations to determine
5 the existence of cause for impeachment; and

6 WHEREAS, In furtherance of that power, on December 15,
7 2008, the House of Representatives of the Ninety-Fifth General
8 Assembly unanimously adopted House Resolution 1650 creating a
9 Special Investigative Committee for the purpose of (i)
10 investigating allegations of misfeasance, malfeasance,
11 nonfeasance, and other misconduct of Governor Rod R.
12 Blagojevich and (ii) making a recommendation as to whether
13 cause exists for impeachment; and

14 WHEREAS, In recognition of the gravity of the inquiry, the
15 Special Investigative Committee made a thorough investigation
16 by holding hearings, taking evidence, hearing arguments, and
17 faithfully deliberating; and

18 WHEREAS, The Special Investigative Committee gave the
19 Governor the opportunity to appear before the Committee and
20 participate in its proceedings and afforded the Governor more
21 than adequate procedural rights and safeguards; and

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1 WHEREAS, The Governor declined several invitations of the
2 Special Investigative Committee to personally appear before
3 the Committee; and

4 WHEREAS, The Special Investigative Committee developed an
5 extensive record of documentary evidence, written and oral
6 testimony, written and oral argument, and transcripts of its
7 proceedings (the "Committee Record"); and

8 WHEREAS, In accordance with House Resolution 1650, the
9 Special Investigative Committee has filed its Final Report with
10 the House of Representatives (the "Final Report"), which is
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The Illinois House voted 114-1 to impeach Blagojevich, the first time in Illinois' history that a governor has been impeached.

Milt Patterson was the only "nay" vote on the impeachment.

In true Blagojevich style, the governor was photographed running in his neighborhood during the deliberations.