Latest Impeachment Stories

By Manny Mogato MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo comfortably beat an attempt by political opponents to unseat her on Thursday in a widely-anticipated victory. After a marathon overnight session of debate, lawmakers in the lower house of Congress voted 173 to 32 to quash the impeachment complaint, which accused Arroyo of election fraud, corruption and human rights abuses. Financial markets have shrugged off the impeachment attempt because of the...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo comfortably beat an attempt by political opponents to unseat her on Thursday in a widely-anticipated victory. After a marathon overnight session of debate, lawmakers in the lower house of Congress voted 173 to 32 to quash the impeachment complaint, which accused Arroyo of election fraud, corruption and human rights abuses. Financial markets have shrugged off the impeachment attempt because of the president's majority...

By John O'Callaghan MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine lower house of Congress was debating an impeachment motion on Wednesday that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will almost certainly beat with the sheer strength of her allies. The complaint, the second by Arroyo's political foes to be heard in a year, already seemed to be doomed last week when a congressional committee ruled it lacked merit. Despite persistent allegations of election fraud, corruption and rights abuses against the...

By John O'Callaghan MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine lower house of Congress was due to vote on Wednesday on an impeachment motion that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will almost certainly beat with the sheer strength of her allies. The complaint, the second by Arroyo's political foes to be heard in a year, already seemed to be doomed last week when a congressional committee ruled it lacked merit. Despite persistent allegations of election fraud, corruption and rights abuses...

By John O'Callaghan MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine lower house of Congress was due to vote on Wednesday on an impeachment motion that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will almost certainly beat with the sheer strength of her allies. The complaint, the second by Arroyo's political foes to be heard in a year, already seemed to be doomed last week when a congressional committee ruled it lacked merit. Despite persistent allegations of election fraud, corruption and rights abuses...

By Jim Christie SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Berkeley plans to give voters a say on a measure calling for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, the mayor of this famously liberal California city said on Wednesday. A number of local governments across the United States have passed resolutions urging impeachment. But the Berkeley city council wants to be the first to put the issue directly to voters, Mayor Tom Bates said in an interview. "This is basically giving...

By Jim Christie SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The municipal council in the liberal California city of Berkeley plans to give voters a say on a measure calling for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, the mayor said on Wednesday. A number of local governments across the United States have pressed resolutions urging impeachment, but the Berkeley city council's goal is to be the first to put the issue directly to voters, Mayor Tom Bates said in an interview. "This...

By Manny Mogato MANILA (Reuters) - Political opponents of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo filed a new impeachment complaint on Monday, attempting to unseat her over allegations of corruption and human rights abuses. Arroyo survived an impeachment attempt last year and analysts expect the latest charge to fail due to insufficient support in the lower house of Congress, where her allies hold a majority. Several anti-Arroyo groups, many dressed in peach-colored shirts, filed...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges that he was involved in an illegal scheme to hire political allies for merit-based state jobs. Fletcher, the first Republican to lead Kentucky in more than three decades, entered the pleas through a lawyer in Franklin County District Court in Frankfort, court officials said. He was indicted last month by a grand jury on three misdemeanor counts -- official misconduct, which carries a possible...

By Andrea Hopkins WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats will launch a series of investigations of the Bush administration if they take control of Congress in November but are not out to impeach President George W. Bush, a top Democrat said on Sunday. House of Representatives Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said Democrats would hold hearings on the use of intelligence in the lead-up to the Iraq war and investigate the high price of energy and prescription drugs if they win the extra 15 seats...