Articles written by Bob Kemper

The Illinois House voted to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who had been arrested a month earlier on federal corruption charges.

Jan 10, 2009 - Bob Kemper

Parents who want their children to witness the historic swearing-in of Barack Obama as America's first black president will encounter numerous difficulties.

Dec 21, 2008 - Bob Kemper

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, accused of offering the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama to the highest bidder, says he's "done nothing wrong."

Dec 20, 2008 - Bob Kemper

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested on federal corruption charges after trying to personally profit by filling President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat.

Dec 9, 2008 - Bob Kemper

President-elect Barack Obama ran a campaign promising "Change We Can Believe In," but he's recruiting political pros, not fresh faces, for his administration.

Nov 29, 2008 - Bob Kemper

President-elect Barack Obama will join an elite group of presidents who made inaugural history when he is sworn in as the nation's first black president on Jan. 20, 2009.

Nov 22, 2008 - Bob Kemper

Planning to attend the historic inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, America's first black president? So are hundreds of thousands of others. Plan carefully.

Nov 22, 2008 - Bob Kemper

The only no-frills event amid all the ceremonial extravagance of President-elect Barack Obama's historic inauguration will be the final exit of President George W. Bush.

Nov 22, 2008 - Bob Kemper

The Capitol Visitor Center in Washington D.C. will be displaying statues of Ephraim McDowell and 23 other Americans most Capitol Hill visitors won't even recognize.

Nov 21, 2008 - Bob Kemper

President-elect Barack Obama, his historic election behind him, now faces a daunting array of problems in Iraq and Afghanistan, on Wall Street and Main Street.

Nov 5, 2008 - Bob Kemper

Republicans took control of the U.S. House in 1994 and ruled Capitol Hill for more than a decade, but the 2008 elections relegated the GOP to its pre-revolution minority.

Nov 5, 2008 - Bob Kemper

The massive underground Capitol Visitor Center is unlike any seen by most tourists and business travelers and comes complete with a controversy all its own.

Oct 9, 2008 - Bob Kemper

The 2008 U.S. Senate elections could significantly change the way business is done in Washington regardless of who is elected president this year.

Oct 7, 2008 - Bob Kemper

Candidates in the 2008 presidential campaign have already raised more than $1 billion, an all-time record, and will keep raising money up to Election Day, Nov. 4, 2008.

Sep 25, 2008 - Bob Kemper

Dick Cheney, the most powerful vice president in history, pushed to continue a domestic wiretapping program

Sep 16, 2008 - Bob Kemper