Full Text of HR0130 096th General Assembly
HR0130 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The House Special Investigative Committee of the | 3 |
| 95th General Assembly, which was constituted to determine if | 4 |
| cause existed to impeach Governor Rod R. Blagojevich, last met | 5 |
| and conducted a hearing on January 8, 2009, at which time the | 6 |
| Committee heard testimony from Roland Burris and thereafter on | 7 |
| that date concluded its business concerning the impeachment of | 8 |
| Rod R. Blagojevich by recommending impeachment to the full | 9 |
| House; and
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| WHEREAS, Although the Special Investigative Committee was | 11 |
| reconstituted by the 96th General Assembly, it has not met or | 12 |
| held a hearing since January 8, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Senate convicted Rod R. Blagojevich | 14 |
| on January 29, 2009 and removed him from the office of Governor | 15 |
| and disqualified him from holding any public office of this | 16 |
| State, and judgment was entered on that date, thus concluding | 17 |
| the impeachment proceedings; and
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| WHEREAS, An affidavit dated February 4, 2009 made by Roland | 19 |
| Burris, together with a transmittal letter dated February 5, | 20 |
| 2009 and an accompanying attachment, was mailed to the | 21 |
| Chairperson of the Special Investigative Committee; and
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| WHEREAS, On February 17, 2009, the Speaker of the House | 2 |
| transmitted affidavits filed with the Committee and | 3 |
| transcripts of testimony before the Committee of Roland Burris | 4 |
| to the State's Attorney of Sangamon County, and on February 17, | 5 |
| 2009, copies of that transmittal letter, attachment, and | 6 |
| affidavit dated February 4, 2009 were posted on the General | 7 |
| Assembly website; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 |
| the posting of the transmittal letter, attachment, and | 11 |
| affidavit on the website was for no other purpose than to make | 12 |
| the documents available for inspection; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the transmittal letter, attachment, and | 14 |
| affidavit are not considered evidence before the Committee | 15 |
| because the Committee has not met since the receipt of those | 16 |
| documents, the documents have not been made part of the | 17 |
| Committee record, and the documents have not been admitted into | 18 |
| evidence.
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