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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich brought impeachment claims against Gov. Jim Doyle Thursday in an attempt to defend himself just hours before the Illinois Senate voted 59-0 to remove him from office.

One of the Articles of Impeachment brought against Blagojevich indicted him for breaking federal law by allowing the importation of prescription drugs from Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland in an attempt to save citizens money on their medications.

Blagojevich argued Doyle should be impeached on the same count for his participation in Blagojevich’s I-SaveRx program.

However, according to Blagojevich spokesperson Glenn Selig, Blagojevich was not specifically calling on the Wisconsin Legislature to impeach Doyle but was instead pointing out the “ridiculousness” of his own impeachment.

“He was just saying, ‘I didn’t do anything different than the other governors,'” Selig said.

When asked about the situation, Doyle spokesperson Lee Sensenbrenner chuckled and declined to comment on the remarks.

Besides Doyle, Blagojevich also made impeachment claims against the governors of Kansas, Minnesota and Vermont, as well as Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. and Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., who all supported his plan to import prescription medication at the time it was being developed.

“If you’re going to get rid of me, why do they get to stay in office?” Blagojevich asked of the Senate, according to The Chicago Tribune.

Despite the claims he made Thursday, just last week Blagojevich expressed interest in calling Doyle as a witness if he was allowed.

University of Wisconsin political science professor David Canon said the idea that Doyle would be impeached on these counts is “ludicrous.”

“The reason that people get impeached is because they try to sell Senate seats, not for their policy ideas,” Canon said.

In addition to removing him from office, the Senate also voted to permanently bar Blagojevich from ever holding a public office in the state of Illinois. Before his removal from office, Blagojevich had served as the state’s governor since 2003.

In December, Blagojevich was arrested on federal corruption charges, including conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and solicitation of bribery for trying to sell President Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat to the highest bidder in a “pay-to-play” scheme, according to the Justice Department.

In released FBI recordings of the former governor’s phone conversations, Blagojevich was quoted as referring to the vacant Senate seat as “a fucking valuable thing, you just don’t give it away for nothing.”

Blagojevich nominated former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris in December. Senate leaders originally blocked Burris’ attempt to take his seat but eventually allowed it

Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn was sworn in as the state’s 41st Governor Thursday night.

–The Associated Press contributed to this report.