Vermont House Votes NO On Impeachment

[Hissyspit]

Source: Times Argus (VT)

Vermont House votes no on impeachment

April 26, 2007

By Daniel Barlow
Vermont Press Bureau

MONTPELIER – The Vermont House rejected a resolution calling for President Bush and Vice President Cheney's impeachment in an 87-60 vote Wednesday, a move that puts that chamber at odds with the Senate's actions last week.

House lawmakers supporting the resolution were almost entirely Democrats and Progressives, although 41 Democrats broke ranks on the hotly partisan issue and joined the Republicans in opposing the symbolic impeachment resolution.

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Symington also expressed support for the oversight conducted by the newly elected Democratic majority in the U.S. Congress. For the first time in the Bush administration, Congress is holding critical hearings, she said.

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That response drove Dan DeWalt, a Newfane selectman who first proposed that his town impeach the president at town meeting last year, to the microphone. "Hi, I'm Dan DeWalt," he said, before being interrupted by a standing ovation. The soft-spoken, pony-tailed "father" of the state's grassroots impeachment movement told Symington that this process compliments the investigations being conducted by the U.S. Congress.

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[saracat]

1. That comes as NO surprise!

[Rhiannon12866]

2. This is surprising to me, since I think of Vermont as being much more liberal

than my red district, which is close to the Vt. border...:shrug:

"One of the lessons we learned from the Clinton impeachment is that it should not be treated lightly," said Rep. Thomas Koch, R-Barre Town. "It ought to be reserved for the most egregious, most urgent high crimes and misdemeanors. It should not be about whether or not you support the president or the war."

Um, where do you want me to start?:grr:

[Pab Sungenis]

3. Okay, Vermonters, remember who supports your views and does your work.

Next election time, if your rep voted "no" on chimpeachment, vote NO on THEM.

Run against them in the primary if you have to, but vote NO on Democrats with no courage.

[DumpDavisHogg]

4. Vichy Democrats are everywhere

Even in Vermont.

Hopefully there will be a good primary challenge to those 41 Democrats who support Bush's incompetence.