Bush's war lies : House Committee to Vote on Resolution of Inquiry on 9/14

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House Committee to Vote on Resolution of Inquiry on 9/14

A Resolution of Inquiry into Bush's war lies (H Res 375) now has 70 co-sponsors. It will come to a vote in the House International Relations Commitee on September 14th, where it has the co-sponsorship of most of the Democrats and one Republican. To pass, it needs all the Democrats and three Republicans. The more Congress Members not on the committee who co-sponsor, the more likely some committee members are to vote yes. A substantial debate on the issue is expected. The committee meets in Room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building, at 10:30 a.m. this Wednesday.

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Here are Current Co-Sponsors

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HE00375:@@@P

If passed, H Res 375 will require the White House and the State Department to "transmit all information relating to communication with officials of the United Kingdom between January 1, 2002, and October 16, 2002, relating to the policy of the United States with respect to Iraq."

We have the Downing Street Memos from the UK. This Resolution, if passed, will demand similar evidence from the US. The Downing Street Memos strongly suggest that the President knowlingly deceived Congress in his March 18th formal letter on why the war was necessary: he cited a threat to the US from Iraq and a need to go after nations behind the 9-11 attacks. If the President was honest about his reasons for war, H Res 375 is his chance to clear his name. The majority of Americans believe he lied (Washington Post/ABC poll).

Lots More Info is Here:

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/902

When you call your Congress Member:

Please ask for the Legislative Director or the person in charge of Iraq or foreign policy. If they tell you that the representative will not be co-sponsoring H. Res. 375, ask for the reasons. Also try to determine what it would take for them to be a co-sponsor. If your Congressional representative is a Republican, mention that Rep. Jim Leach, Iowa, is co-sponsoring the ROI (Resolution of Inquiry.)

Ask for a fax # and / or email address to send copies of the Resolution of Inquiry and the actual Downing Street Minutes for the Representative or staffer(s) to look at, if need be.Then quickly fax or email these materials to the proper address or number. We can't assume your Congressperson is aware of these materials, so here they are.

ROI: a one-page PDF of the Resolution of Inquiry you can fax or email.

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/downloads/roi-onepage.pdf

Downing Street Memos:

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/840

We cannot thank you enough for your willingness to help get Rep. Barbara Lee's H. Res. 375. passed out of the I.R. Committee. Your efforts really count!

Yours for Peace and Accountability,
The AfterDowningStreet.org Coalition

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1. It lost on mostly party line vote

:-)

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2. Darn it!

That sucks. But I know Conyers, Lee and the rest of them won't roll over on this.

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3. See my post in LBN

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1780674&mesg_id=1780674

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4. HRES 375 IH

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/C?c109:./temp/~c109UcyGZQ

HRES 375 IH

109th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. RES. 375
Requesting the President and directing the Secretary of State to transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution all information in the possession of the President and the Secretary of State relating to communication with officials of the United Kingdom between January 1, 2002, and October 16, 2002, relating to the policy of the United States with respect to Iraq.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 21, 2005
Ms. LEE (for herself, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. CLAY, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FARR, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. STARK, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. WATSON, Mr. WEXLER, and Ms. WOOLSEY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations


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RESOLUTION
Requesting the President and directing the Secretary of State to transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution all information in the possession of the President and the Secretary of State relating to communication with officials of the United Kingdom between January 1, 2002, and October 16, 2002, relating to the policy of the United States with respect to Iraq.

Resolved, That not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution--

(1) the President is requested to transmit to the House of Representatives all documents, including telephone and electronic mail records, logs, calendars, minutes, and memos, in the possession of the President relating to communications with officials of the United Kingdom from January 1, 2002, to October 16, 2002, relating to the policy of the United States with respect to Iraq, including any discussions or communications between the President or other Administration officials and officials of the United Kingdom that occurred before the meeting on July 23, 2002, at 10 Downing Street in London, England, between Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom intelligence officer Richard Dearlove, and other national security officials of the Blair Administration; and

(2) the Secretary of State is directed to transmit to the House of Representatives all documents, including telephone and electronic mail records, logs, calendars, minutes, memos, and records of internal discussions, in the possession of the Secretary relating to communications with officials of the United Kingdom from January 1, 2002, to October 16, 2002, relating to the policy of the United States with respect to Iraq, including any discussions or communications between the Secretary of State or other officials of the Department of State and officials of the United Kingdom that occurred before the meeting on July 23, 2002, at 10 Downing Street in London, England, between Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom intelligence officer Richard Dearlove, and other national security officials of the Blair Administration.

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5. Statement of Chairman Hyde on HR375 (pdf)

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http://wwwc.house.gov/international_relations/109/Hyde0914HRes375.pdf

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6. Members of the House Committee on International Relations

http://wwwc.house.gov/international_relations/fullmem.htm

RETHUGS

Henry J. Hyde, Chairman
Illinois, 6th District

James A. Leach
Iowa, 2nd District

Christopher H. Smith,
Vice Chairman
New Jersey, 4th District

Dan Burton
Indiana, 5th District

Elton Gallegly
California, 24th District

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Florida, 18th District

Dana Rohrabacher
California, 46th District

Edward R. Royce
California, 40th District

Peter T. King
New York, 3rd District

Steve Chabot
Ohio, 1st District

Thomas G. Tancredo
Colorado, 6th District

Ron Paul
Texas, 14th District

Darrell Issa
California, 49th District

Jeff Flake
Arizona, 6th District

Jo Ann Davis
Virginia, 1st District

Mark Green
Wisconsin, 8th District

Jerry Weller
Illinois, 11th District

Mike Pence
Indiana, 6th District

Thaddeus G. McCotter
Michigan, 11th District

Katherine Harris
Florida, 13th District

Joe Wilson
South Carolina, 2nd District

John Boozman
Arkansas, 3rd District

J. Gresham Barrett
South Carolina, 3rd District

Connie Mack
Florida, 14th District

Jeff Fortenberry
Nebraska, 1st District Subcommittee Members

Michael McCaul
Texas, 10th District

Ted Poe
Texas, 2nd District

DEMOCRATS

Tom Lantos
California, 12th District

Howard L. Berman
California, 28th District

Gary L. Ackerman
New York, 5th District

Eni F. H. Faleomavaega
American Samoa

Donald M. Payne
New Jersey, 10th District

Robert Menendez
New Jersey, 13th District

Sherrod Brown
Ohio, 13th District

Brad Sherman
California, 27th District

Robert Wexler
Florida, 19th District

Eliot L. Engel
New York, 17th District

William D. Delahunt
Massachusetts, 10th District

Gregory W. Meeks
New York, 6th District

Joseph Crowley
New York, 7th District

Barbara Lee
California, 9th District

Earl Blumenauer
Oregon, 3rd District

Shelley Berkley
Nevada, 1st District

Grace F. Napolitano
California, 38th District

Adam B. Schiff
California, 29th District

Diane E. Watson
California, 33rd District

Adam Smith
Washington, 9th District

Betty McCollum
Minnesota, 4th District

Ben Chandler
Kentucky, 6th District

Dennis A. Cardoza
California, 18th District