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Mark Sanford
Lawmakers Vote Down Sanford Impeachment
Zachary Roth | December 9, 2009, 4:02PM
Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC)
Embattled South Carolina governor Mark Sanford may have won an unexpected reprieve.
A panel of state lawmakers voted by 6-1 today not to move forward with impeachment charges, which stemmed from the the governor's legendary Argentinean romp this summer, as well as his use of state aircraft. The legislators said Sanford's misdeeds -- among them, leaving the state for five days to visit his mistress, without notifying the lieutenant governor of his absence -- were not so serious as to merit his removal from office.
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Mark Sanford
Lawmakers To Take Up Impeachment Proceedings Against Sanford
Zachary Roth | November 20, 2009, 1:25PM
Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC)
South Carolina lawmakers will next week take up impeachment proceedings against disgraced governor Mark Sanford.
House Judiciary committee chair Jim Harrison told the AP that an ad hoc panel of four Republicans and three Democrats will begin meeting Tuesday. Harrison said he expects a resolution to impeach will be ready before Christmas. That would then be considered by the full committee.
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Barack Obama
"Slimy Thug For Hire" Behind Horton Ad Back With Impeach Obama Campaign
Zachary Roth | October 9, 2009, 4:18PM
Conservative activist Floyd Brown
It was only a matter of time...
The far right has already called Obama a socialist, a communist, and a fascist, among other names, and has compared him to Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin. So it should come as no surprise that the organized Impeach Obama movement is now underway -- with a longtime conservative flamethrower at the helm.
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