Contact the U.S. House Judiciary Committee & Ask for Impeachment of Cheney & Bush

[Hissyspit]

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URGENT: Contact the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and Ask for Impeachment of Cheney and Bush
Submitted by davidswanson on Mon, 2007-03-12 19:15. Activism | Congress | Impeachment

1. Email Them All
You can Email Speaker Pelosi and all of the Judiciary Committee Members for whom we have identified good Email addresses all at once by signing this petition.

2. Phone and Email Them

Your message can be as simple as "Please impeach Cheney" or "Please support and cosponsor Congressman Kucinich's proposal to begin impeachment proceedings against Vice President Cheney."

You can quote John Conyers from John Nichols' book (pointed out by attentive reader Gordon Bennett): "I have a choice. I can either stand by and lead my constituents to believe I do not care that the president apparently no longer believes he is bound by any law or code of decency. Or I can act."

You can point to the Vermont Senate which passed a resolution on April 20, 2007, requesting impeachment. It is UNPRECEDENTED for Congress to ignore an impeachment request coming from a legislative body. It would be terrible for Congress to break this long-established precedent. When the Florida legislature requested the impeachment of Judge Swayne, Congress acted upon it. It came to the floor of the House as a highly privileged motion. The House required a committee to report on impeachment. When the committee reported it, impeachment was passed. When the Mississippi legislature requested the impeachment of Judge Bruin, Congress acted upon it. It came to the floor of the House as a highly privileged motion. The House required a committee to report on impeachment. Shortly later, a new judge was appointed, apparently after Judge Bruin died or resigned.

Don't forget Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi:
Office of the Speaker
H-232, US Capitol
Washington, DC 20515
[phone]
[e-mail]

[e-mail]

Democrats

Chairman John Conyers [phone] [e-mail]

Waters, (D) California, 35th [phone] [e-mail]

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[fooj]

1. KandR!

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[burrowowl]

2. K&R

And contacted them!

[Hissyspit]

3. .

[WillyT]

4. K & R & Will Do !!!

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[man4allcats]

5. Done! - with this brief extra comment added

(well, as brief as I get anyway...):

Though Congressman Kucinich's bill specifically calls for the impeachment of Vice President Cheney, I'm quite sure the Congressman agrees with me and so many other Americans that President Bush himself is at least as deserving of impeachment as the Vice President. In its entire 231 year history, the United States of America has never seen a more corrupt, a more morally reprehensible administration. The Bush administration has disrespected this nation's Constitution and every law it stands for. An unjust, pre-emptive war, torture, illegal spying, fraudulent elections, the treasonous outing of a covert government agent, extraordinary rendition and secret prisons, the suspension of habeas corpus - all of these only begin to address the criminality of this administration, an administration that has succeeded only in making America a pariah in the world community. These crimes must not go unchallenged, and Congress must not shirk from that challenge. Claiming that impeachment is warranted but the votes for success are lacking is no excuse. At this point, the principle matters as much as success. We the American People can forgive Congress for trying to do what is right and failing. We cannot and will not forgive you for cowardice in the face of this enemy of democracy. Fight this fight now - win or lose - or suffer the judgment of damnation in the court of history.

[Hissyspit]

6. Good.

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