Columbia, SC (WLTX, AP) -- State lawmakers are scheduled to formally consider the impeachment of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford next week. According to the Associated Press, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Harrison said Friday that he will gather a seven-member panel on Tuesday to begin discussing whether to begin proceedings that ultimately could remove the Republican governor. Previous Coverage: Mark Sanford Wants to Report Previously Unrecorded Flights Harrison, a Republican from Columbia, says the panel will begin talking about whether Sanford was neglectful when he left the state for five days in June without telling staff where he was going. When he returned, the governor confessed to going to Argentina to see his lover. Related Coverage: Mark Sanford Attorney: Ethic Charges "Minor" Harrison said he plans to send an impeachment resolution to the full Judiciary Committee by December 25th.
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