PI Original Josh Kalven Friday January 9th, 2009, 10:47am

"Gov. Blagojevich Is Hereby Impeached"

Moments, ago the Illinois House voted 114-1 to impeach Gov. Blagojevich.  The lone no vote came from Rep. Milt Patterson (D-Chicago).  Also of note, Rep. Elga Jefferies (D-Chicago) voted "present."

Here's video of Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie's closing statement ...

Moments, ago the Illinois House voted 114-1 to impeach Gov. Blagojevich.  The lone no vote came from Rep. Milt Patterson (D-Chicago).  Also of note, Rep. Elga Jefferies (D-Chicago) voted "present."

Here's video of Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie's closing statement followed by the roll call:

The Tribune reports on what's next:

Next week, when the Senate convenes, it will begin the process of setting up a trial of the governor in which each of the 59 state senators act as judge and jurors.

A total of 40 senators are needed to convict Blagojevich, which would remove the governor from office and make Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn the state's new chief executive. A trial is expected to take at least three weeks.

Blagojevich is scheduled to hold a press conference at 2 p.m.

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