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Push to Force Monserrate Expulsion Vote in the Senate

By Liz Krueger

 
Posted by Liz Krueger [1] on Thursday, February 25th, 2010

    By JEREMY W. PETERS

    A group of Senate Democrats, concerned about efforts within their party to block the removal of a senator convicted of domestic violence, say they will attempt to force a vote to expel him this week even if they cannot win the support of State Senate leaders.

    The senators are trying to head off an effort by other Democrats who are pushing for a vote to censure, but not expel, Hiram Monserrate, the Queens Democrat who was found guilty last fall of assaulting his companion.

    Read more at: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/nyregion/08hiram.html [2]

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    Sunday, February 7, 2010 - 00:00
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