Results 1 to 2 of 2

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

  1. #1
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Posts
    136

    Kucinich to Renew Call for Impeachment Hearing

    On the eve of testimony by Harriet Miers before the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Dennis Kucinich will be holding a press conference at 1 pm EST today to renew his call for an official impeachment inquiry. This comes a day after Congressman Jim McDermott spoke on the floor in support of Kucinich's articles of impeachment against President Bush (H. Res. 125. McDermott is the latest cosponsor, signing on the day after having met with citizen activists.

    The National Impeachment Network is circulating the following letter to congressmen this week and the next, which highlights remarks made By John Conyers to impeachment activists during the Democratic National Convention. Conyers stated that were he to have 40 congressmen of either party in support of holding an impeachment inquiry, he would begin one. The Network is asking citizens to place calls to their congressmen this week asking them to become co-signers of one or more of three standing impeachment resolutions now in the House of Representatives, adding to the 33 congressmen who have gone on the record as supporting impeachment hearings in some form. This action follows on the heels of six hours of testimony delivered before the Judiciary Committee on July 25, 2008, in which witnesses both Republican and Democrat advocated impeachment. The network is also asking that constituents use their privilege of sending email directly to congressman, through the following link, to forward the letter to their congressmen, complimenting activist's efforts to hand-deliver copies to congressmen, whom they are now meeting in Washington DC.

    congressman contact link

    AfterDowningStreet Press Release on Kucinich Press Conference
    [quote]
    Invitation to Congressmen to Take a Place in History

    Dear Congressman, September 10, 2008

    This is to inform you of House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers' announcement to the National Impeachment Network on August 28, 2008 during the Democratic National Convention, that he will conduct an official impeachment inquiry on the Bush Administration upon the declared support of 40 US congressmen of any party. The objectives of the inquiry would be non-partisan and simple:

    -To take the next step in holding the Administration accountable for the open defiance of the congressional subpoena of Karl Rove, a form of withholding evidence and obstruction of justice, which is what resulted in the adoption of an article of impeachment against President Richard Nixon. Defiance of congressional subpoenas is itself impeachable.

    - The resultant full or partial restoration of the system of checks-and-balances.

    - To weaken the alarming legal precedents set by this Administration, such as those embodied in the legal theories of Alberto Gonzales and John Yoo, on the detention of American citizens as "enemy combatants" in the context of the indefinite "war on terror".

    So far the following congressmen have co-signed one or more of three impeachment resolutions against either George Bush or Dick Cheney filed in the past year:

    Name, District, Action: H. Res. 333/H. Res. 1258/Wexler letter to Conyers:

    Abercrombie, Neil, HI-1 W
    Baldwin, Tammy, WI-2 * 333/1258/W
    Boswell, Leonard, IA-3 333
    Brady, Robert, PA-1 333
    Capuano, Michael, MA-8 W
    Clarke, Yvette D., NY-11 333/W
    Clay, Wm. Lacy, MO-1 333/W
    Cohen, Steve, TN-9 * 333/W
    Davis, Danny, IL-7 333
    DeFazio, Peter, OR-4 W
    Ellison, Keith, MN-5* 333/W
    Farr, Sam, CA-17 333/1258/W
    Filner, Bob, CA-51 333
    Grijalva, Raúl M., AZ-7 333/W
    Gutierrez, Luis V., IL-4 * W
    Hinchey, Maurice, NY-22 1258
    Kucinich, Dennis, OH-10 333/1258/W
    Jackson-Lee, Sheila, TX-18 333
    Johnson, Henry “Hankâ€

  2. #2
    Senior Member zeezil's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Location
    NC
    Posts
    16,593
    Kucinich smoking crack again?
    Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •