WA Senate Resolution Calling for Bush's Impeachment Advances

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Source: Associated Press

WA Senate resolution calling for Bush's impeachment advances

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A state Senate resolution calling for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney was approved by a committee Monday, taking the measure one step further than it went last year.

The resolution by Sen. Eric Oemig, D-Kirkland, had little support from lawmakers last year, never getting to the Senate floor for a vote. But on Monday, it was approved by the five majority Democrats on the Senate's Government Operations and Elections Committee.

Passing committee is a key hurdle, but does not guarantee that the measure will get a vote on the Senate floor. Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown, D-Spokane, has said she doubts the measure will get any time on the Senate floor this year. More than 80 people attended a testy hearing last week about the resolution, which included a heated exchange between a Republican senator and members of the audience.

During the hearing, Sen. Pam Roach, R-Auburn, accused Oemig of using the resolution for "campaign purposes." That sparked yelling and boos from the audience, to which Roach responded by displaying a picture of her son, who serves in the military.

Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/334525.html

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2. By the way...

Speaking as a former newspaper reporter and editor, "small" as used here is completely relative and pretty much useless for the reader.

If anyone sees this article published in your paper, please feel free to respond with this: "Your article suggested that only a small number of localities have passed impeachment resolutions and no state legislatures have done so. In fact, 88 cities and towns have done so, all listed at http://www.impeachpac.org/resolutions-list along with long lists of other types of entities, including 12 Democratic Party legislative districts in Washington State and the state party. Also on the list are a couple of labor unions in Wahsington State: AFSCME Local 2083 Seattle Public Library Union, and the Greater Seattle Local, American Postal Workers Union.

While no state legislature has passed such a resolution in both houses, the Vermont Senate has done so."

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