Friday, November 20, 2009

Formal consideration on impeachment resolution set

CNN's Peter Hamby reports:

A special House committee in South Carolina will formally consider an impeachment resolution against Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next Tuesday.

.... The first meeting of the special committee on Tuesday will likely focus on Sanford's infamous trip to Argentina this summer.... The measure currently states that Sanford committed "serious misconduct" by secretly leaving the state in June without informing his staff or establishing a chain of command.

[Judiciary Chairman Jim] Harrison said "the game plan" is for the four Republicans and three Democrats in the group to finalize the language in the resolution before passing it on to the full Judiciary committee.