New York Times:
A group of South Carolina lawmakers is weighing whether a series of ethics charges and performance issues were grave enough to warrant Gov. Mark Sanford’s removal from office.
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New York Times:
A group of South Carolina lawmakers is weighing whether a series of ethics charges and performance issues were grave enough to warrant Gov. Mark Sanford’s removal from office.
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Daily Kos:
The South Carolina House Judiciary Committee is convening next week to hear arguments on whether whether Gov. Mark Sanford needs to take a permanent hike from the Governor's office: State lawmakers have considered impeachment for months, but this announcement is the first formal consideration of such a move. It came two d (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
Harry Reid sealed the biggest legislative victory of his career Saturday night with a kiss. And then a hug.Emotionally reserved doesn't begin to describe the Senate majority leader, a Democrat facing reelection in Nevada. Yet the man was beaming as the members of his caucus left the Senate floor, each one of them having giv (Read More)
New York Times:
A South Carolina legislative committee will convene to begin preliminary impeachment proceedings against Gov. Mark Sanford, according to the chairman of the state’s House Judiciary Committee.
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New York Times:
A South Carolina legislative committee will convene to begin preliminary impeachment proceedings against Gov. Mark Sanford, according to the chairman of the state’s House Judiciary Committee.
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New York Times:
A federal judge from Louisiana who had run up gambling debts solicited money and gifts from lawyers with cases before his court, Congressional investigators said.
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Huffington Post:
For over a year, a panel of the House of Representatives has been thinking about impeaching District Judge Thomas Porteous of New Orleans. Deciding that the best defense is a good offense, the judge sued the panel, demanding an order that the impeachment investigation cannot consider sworn testimony that Porteous gave to a (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
AP - The South Carolina House will formally receive an impeachment resolution on Gov. Mark Sanford.It's the first bill that will be pre-filed Tuesday as the House opens the door to new legislation ahead of its January session beginning.State Rep. Greg Delleney of Chester left the bill on the House desk last month when the H (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
With South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford showing no sign that he plans to quit, only one option may be left for critics who want him gone: impeachment.But legislators on both sides of the aisle in South Carolina believe that the chances of ousting Sanford with an impeachment vote are slim, unless new evidence arises showing th (Read More)
Huffington Post:
An amendment to allow states to pursue single-payer health care without incurring insurance-industry lawsuits was stripped from the House bill, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday, adding that it would break President Obama's commitment to people keeping their current insurance plan if they like it.She also said t (Read More)
Daily Kos:
Last night, Speaker Pelosi filed the manager's amendment--the final tweaks--to the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962). Here's the announcment describing the changes made in this amendment: Building on the legislation House Democrats introduced last week, this manager’s amendment includes these key improvem (Read More)
Huffington Post:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is expected to unveil a revised health care reform bill - known as a manager's amendment -- Tuesday evening after taking the concerns of her caucus into account. Pelosi said late last week that she was leaning against allowing individual floor amendments, so what you see here is likely (Read More)