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    State Rep. Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, speaks during a debate on an order to impeach Gov. Paul LePage Thursday at the State House in Augusta.

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    Democratic State Rep. Ben Chipman, D-Portland, submits an order to impeach Gov, Paul LePage, Thursday, at the State House in Augusta.

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    State Rep. Mark Dion, D-Portland, speaks during a debate on an order to impeach Gov. Paul LePage on Thursday at the State House in Augusta. Dion said impeachment was created to punish treason and bribery, and that the governor's actions didn't rise to the level of such serious offenses.

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    Rep. Ken Fredette, R-Newport, speaks with minority whip Rep. Ellie Espling, R-New Gloucester, during Thursday's debate in the House of Representatives to initiate impeachment proceedings against Gov. Paul LePage. The House voted 96 to 52 to indefinitely postpone the order, killing the measure.

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    State Rep. Jeff McCabe, D-Skowhegan, speaks on the House floor on Thursday at the State House in Augusta.

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    Rep. Ben Chipman, D-Portland, speaks Thursday in favor of a motion to initiate impeachment proceedings against Gov. Paul LePage in the House of Representatives in Augusta.

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    House Speaker Mark Eves, D- North Berwick, speaks in the House chamber at the State House in Augusta. The House debated an order to impeach Gov. Paul LePage.

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    State Rep. David P. Sawicki, R-Auburn, speaks in opposition to a motion to initiate impeachment proceedings against Gov. Paul LePage in the House of Representatives in Augusta. The House voted 96 to 52 to indefinitely postpone the order, killing the measure.

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    State Rep. Henry Beck, D-Waterville, rubs his eyes during a debate on an order to impeach Gov. Paul LePage on Thursday at the State House in Augusta.

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    The Maine House Snow voted to chastise the governor, but failed to call for impeachment proceedings, on Thursday at the State House in Augusta.

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    House minority leader Ken Fredette, R-Newport, right, speaks with State Rep. John Martin, D-Eagle Lake, prior to debate on an order to impeach Gov. Paul LePage on Thursday at the State House in Augusta.

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    Legislators look to the voting board for the tally to learn that an order to impeach Gov. Paul LePage would not move forward Thursday at the State House in Augusta.

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    Barbara Moore of Indian Island shouts from the gallery after legislators voted to indefinitely postpone debate on an order to impeach Gov. Paul LePage on Thursday at the State House in Augusta. She was removed by security.

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