House panel opens impeachment hearings on judge

A federal judge from Louisiana was falling deeply into gambling debt as he routinely solicited money and gifts from attorneys with cases before his court, congressional investigators said Tuesday as a House panel opened impeachment hearings against the judge.

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Congress ends jailed judge's impeachment

The Senate has officially dismissed impeachment articles against a federal judge from Texas who is in prison in a sex-abuse case.

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Impeached federal judge to resign

An imprisoned federal judge facing an impeachment trial in the Senate in a sex-abuse case says he will resign from the bench at the end of the month.

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Senate accepts impeachment articles against judge

The Senate began work Wednesday to force an imprisoned federal judge out of office.

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House committee sends judge's impeachment to House

A House committee unanimously approved four articles of impeachment against a federal judge Wednesday in an attempt to remove him from office for lying about sexually assaulting two women.

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Texas lawmaker moves to impeach appeals judge

A Texas lawmaker is trying to impeach a high-court judge who refused to keep court offices open after regular business hours to allow the filing of a late appeal in a death penalty case.

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Ill.'s new gov: We'll `fumigate state government'

Gov. Pat Quinn moved quickly Friday to put Rod Blagojevich's scandal-ridden tenure behind him, signing his first executive order and saying he wants to "fumigate state government."

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Blagojevich on impeachment charges

  Governor Blagojevich, thank you for being here.  It’s nice of you to take the time.

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Scoop: Blagojevich guards his hairdo on ‘The View’

Should this come as a surprise? Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s carefully coiffed hair went untouched by “The View” staff before he took to the stage for his live appearance Jan. 26.

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FBI tapes played at Ill. gov's impeachment trial

Gov. Rod Blagojevich was hundreds of miles away but his voice boomed through the Illinois Senate's chambers Tuesday as his impeachment jurors listened to FBI wiretaps of conversations in which he seems to demand campaign contributions in exchange for signing legislation.

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Ill. governor's trial delays action on other woes

While the Illinois Senate zeros in on Gov. Rod Blagojevich in a historic impeachment trial, other vital state issues are being shoved aside.

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House votes to continue impeachment investigation

The House voted Tuesday to renew the unfinished impeachment investigation of U.S. District Judge Thomas Porteous of Louisiana, who is charged with presiding over a trial in which the lawyers involved had given him money.

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Impeached Ill. gov. gets cold reception in Senate

Illinois senators have taken their first steps toward an impeachment trial, after giving embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich a cold reception hours into their new session.

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A guide to the Blagojevich impeachment

Here is a guide to the process by which Gov. Rod Blagojevich of Illinois might be removed from office

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White House nixes tree ornament for impeachment

'Tis not the season to post calls for impeachment on the White House Christmas tree.

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House panel moves toward impeaching a judge

The House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to open the first impeachment probe of a sitting judge in almost two decades.

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Bush critics get an unimpeachable forum

Call it the un-impeachment hearing.

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Kucinich wins hearings but not on impeaching Bush

Rep. Dennis Kucinich's single impeachment article will get a committee hearing — but not on removing President Bush from office.

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Ill. Democrats face off in rare impeachment fight

Three of the state's governors have served time. Scores of legislators and aldermen have gotten into legal trouble over the years. But Illinois politicians haven't seriously considered impeaching one of their own — until now.

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House waves off impeachment measure against Bush

The House has voted to send articles of impeachment against President Bush to a committee that is not likely to hold hearings before the end of his term.

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Rep. Kucinich introduces Bush impeachment resolution

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a former Democratic presidential contender, said Monday he wants the House to consider a resolution to impeach President Bush.

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Man Hitting Road to Lobby on Impeachment

John Nirenberg has waterproof sneakers, a bright yellow poncho and a plan. He also has outrage in his heart and much of his retirement savings tied up in his cause.

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Debate on Cheney Impeachment Averted

House Democrats on Tuesday narrowly managed to avert a bruising debate on a proposal to impeach Dick Cheney after Republicans, in a surprise maneuver, voted in favor of taking up the measure.

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Sheehan Wants Impeachment, Pelosi's Job

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan on Monday moved another step — actually several thousand of them — toward carrying out her promise to run against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi because the California Democrat won't consider impeachment proceedings against President Bush.

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Vermont Senate: Impeach the President

Vermont senators voted Friday to call for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, saying their actions have raised "serious questions of constitutionality."

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"Russell Means asks why there has been no massive public outcry in response to the bailout of 2008, which is projected to cost $7 trillion dollars.

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Altaf Hussain advises President Zardari to resign

The supreme leader of MQM, Mr Altaf Hussain, has advised President of Pakistan Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, to resign from his post.

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I would love to hear the Birthers defend this one....and you know who you are here on the Vine. How many times does his birth certificate have to be verified, copied, shown, validated by Hawaiian governor, etc. for these stupid people to finally accept reality.

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Article II, Section 4 of the United States Constitution tells us that "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." In t …

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Impeachment.

"Impeach Obama, Impeach Obama!" The merry citizens of the United States cry.

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The crazy train has officially left the station with the godfather of all right-wing websites calling for the impeachment of President Obama nine months into his term.

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Last week, the right-wing media outlet Newsmax — which receives 4 million unique monthly visitors and 130,000 print subscribers — published a column by conservative author John Perry arguing that a military coup could "resolve" the "radical left…Obama problem." Afte …

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"In the column, WND promoted its "Exclusive!" "IMPEACH Obama Magnetic Bumper Sticker" with the promotional text, "Let the world know your solution to tyranny and socialism in America with the magnetic bumper sticker: 'IMPEACH OBAMA!'" "

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Not being a huge Tom Friedman fan, I sometimes skip reading his column. I'm glad that I didn't do that on Wednesday.

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Bill Clinton said a vast, right-wing conspiracy that once targeted him is now focusing on President Obama.

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excerpt: ""In a letter to South Carolina legislators, a prominent state senator Thursday said Gov. Mark Sanford's supporters were behind recent Internet rumors that Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer is gay. And he encouraged the General Assembly to remove the disgraced governor immediately.

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Republican legislators fumed Saturday over Gov. Mark Sanford's affair and questionable travel, but didn't try to remove him from office before they return to the Statehouse in January.

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Gov. Mark Sanford's political future is expected to be the main talking point at a meeting of Republican legislative leaders in Myrtle Beach.

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[Manila, Philippines--]VERA FILES trustees Yvonne Chua and Luz Rimban, and contributor Diosa Labiste won the top prize at the 2009 Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism (JVOAEJ) for their investigative report "Quedancor swine program another fertilizer scam."

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A federal judge from Texas who was impeached by the House last week is resigning from the bench. The Senate was preparing for a trial to decide whether to oust the judge, Samuel B. Kent. Last week, Mr.

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The Senate began impeachment proceedings against a federal judge from Texas on Wednesday, the next step in a process that could take months.

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The House on Friday impeached a federal judge imprisoned for lying about sexual assaults of two women in the first such vote since impeaching former President Bill Clinton a decade ago.

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The House today overwhelmingly approved four articles of impeachment against a U.S. district court judge, seeking to remove from the bench a man who is already serving a federal prison sentence. He now faces trial by the Senate.

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The Impeachable Republican Party Impeaching Republicans

The Republican Party appears to the developing a case of impeachmentitis. While Dick Cheney fired off a salvo calling for Nancy Pelosi to resign, other efforts by Republicans were underway to impeach elective officials.

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Liberal activists are pressing for the impeachment of federal Judge Jay Bybee over the Bush administration's "torture memos" in part because there is virtually nothing that President Barack Obama, congressional Republicans or conservative Senate Democrats can do to stop the …

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Last week, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) repeated his view that the United States had conducted torture by authorizing waterboarding. Saying the waterboarding of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 183 times was "unacceptable," McCain declared, "One is too much. Waterboarding is torture, period."

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Appearing on CNN's State of the Union this morning, Center for American Progress Action Fund President and CEO John Podesta called on Congress to commence impeachment hearings against Jay Bybee, should he decide not to voluntarily resign his seat on the 9th Circuit Court of App …

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Hebrews 2:11 Both the one who makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.

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Did Obama and Geithner scuttle attempts to regulate banking?

What I'm hearing is that in the G20 meeting the French and the Germans were pushing for more regulation of the hedge funds and shadow banking industry which includes things like credit default swaps. To my amazement, what I'm also hearing is that it was the U.S.

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Here's the Pulitzer Prize-winning inside view of how Cheney wound up running his own personal government inside the Bush Administration. It's a scary tale of unparalleled duplicity, hunger for power, ideological fanaticism.

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