Durbin said he thought the best way forward would be to suspend the process of seating Burris until the impeachment trial of Blagojevich concludes in the Illinois Senate.

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Critics of the independent counsel accused him of improperly injecting himself into the impeachment process and trying to sway the trial's outcome.

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An impeachment process for Executive Committee members found guilty of corruption.

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The impeachment is "an expression of the political process in Paraguay, " Galeano said.

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The Democrats and the Democratic counsel of the House stand separately in their responsibility to the impeachment process.

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