Sanford Dodges Impeachment Vote
SC Gov. Mark Sanford (R) survived a key vote Wednesday as members of a legislative committee decided against throwing him out of office.
In a 6-1 vote, a special impeachment panel voted down a resolution to impeach, The State newspaper in Columbia reported. The same panel voted 7-0 to censure Sanford for a range of infractions involving travel on state airplanes, tickets purchased for official travel and improper use of campaign funds.
The charges barely touched Sanford's secret trip, earlier this year, to Argentina, where he met with a woman with whom he had a long affair. Sanford apologized and admitted to the affair during a tearful news conference once he returned.
The state House Judiciary Cmte will still vote on articles of impeachment, though it is unlikely to pass without the support of the subcommittee.
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