December 10, 2008
December 10, 2008 Dear Governor Blagojevich: We write to insist that you step down as Governor of Illinois and under no circumstance make an appointment to fill the vacant Illinois Senate seat. In light of your arrest yesterday on alleged federal corruption charges related to that Senate seat, any appointment by you would raise serious questions. It is within the authority of the Please understand that should you decide to ignore the request of the Senate Democratic Caucus and make an appointment we would be forced to exercise our Constitutional authority under Article I, Section 5, to determine whether such a person should be seated. We do not prejudge the outcome of the criminal charges against you or question your constitutional right to contest those charges. But for the good of the Senate and our nation, we implore you to refrain from making an appointment to the Senate.
Sincerely, Sen. Reid Sen. Durbin Sen. Schumer Sen. Murray Sen. Akaka Sen. Baucus Sen. Bayh Sen. Biden Sen. Bingaman Sen. Boxer Sen. Brown Sen. Byrd Sen. Cantwell Sen. Cardin Sen. Carper Sen. Casey Sen. Clinton Sen. Conrad Sen. Dodd Sen. Dorgan Sen. Feingold Sen. Feinstein Sen. Harkin Sen. Inouye Sen. Johnson Sen. Kennedy Sen. Kerry Sen. Klobuchar Sen. Kohl Sen. Landrieu Sen. Lautenberg Sen. Leahy Sen. Levin Sen. Lieberman Sen. Lincoln Sen. McCaskill Sen. Menendez Sen. Mikulski Sen. Ben Nelson Sen. Bill Nelson Sen. Pryor Sen. Reed Sen. Rockefeller Sen. Salazar Sen. Sanders Sen. Stabenow Sen. Tester Sen. Webb Sen. Whitehouse Sen. Wyden ###
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