英语六级阅读 Illinois House votes to impeach Gov
2009-01-11来源:和谐英语
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrives for a news conference in Chicago Illinois January 9, 2009, where he points to Illinois residents that he clamed have been helped by the issues that are now being used as the Illinois House voted to impeachment him. The Illinois House of Representatives impeached Blagojevich on Friday for abuse of power, including a charge that he tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama's former US Senate seat.
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks during a news conference in Chicago, Illinois January 9, 2009 as he points to Illinois residents that he clamed have been helped by the issues that are now being used as the Illinois House voted to impeachment him. The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday ruled Democrat Roland Burris' appointment to the US Senate valid, which could move him a step closer to taking President-elect Barack Obama's vacant seat.
CHICAGO - The Illinois House of Representatives impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Friday for abuse of power, including a charge that he tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama's former US Senate seat.
Blagojevich dismissed the impeachment, the first ever of an Illinois governor, blaming it on long-standing conflicts with House lawmakers. He repeated he had committed no wrongdoing.
The Democratic-controlled House voted 114-1 to impeach the two-term Democrat. That clears the way for a trial in the state Senate, where conviction by more than two-thirds of its members would result in his removal from office.
The scandal kept Obama's former Senate seat in limbo.www.hxen.net
Illinois' senior senator, Democrat Dick Durbin, said an Illinois Supreme Court ruling on Friday that allowed a state official to withhold his signature from Blagojevich's appointment of Democrat Roland Burris meant the seat would have to remain vacant for now.
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks during a news conference in Chicago, Illinois January 9, 2009 as he points to Illinois residents that he clamed have been helped by the issues that are now being used as the Illinois House voted to impeachment him. The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday ruled Democrat Roland Burris' appointment to the US Senate valid, which could move him a step closer to taking President-elect Barack Obama's vacant seat.
CHICAGO - The Illinois House of Representatives impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Friday for abuse of power, including a charge that he tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama's former US Senate seat.
Blagojevich dismissed the impeachment, the first ever of an Illinois governor, blaming it on long-standing conflicts with House lawmakers. He repeated he had committed no wrongdoing.
The Democratic-controlled House voted 114-1 to impeach the two-term Democrat. That clears the way for a trial in the state Senate, where conviction by more than two-thirds of its members would result in his removal from office.
The scandal kept Obama's former Senate seat in limbo.www.hxen.net
Illinois' senior senator, Democrat Dick Durbin, said an Illinois Supreme Court ruling on Friday that allowed a state official to withhold his signature from Blagojevich's appointment of Democrat Roland Burris meant the seat would have to remain vacant for now.
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