Rep. Robert Wexler (FL-19) and two other Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee - Luis Gutierrez (IL-04) and Tammy Baldwin (WI-02) - today called on the committee to begin impeachment hearings for Vice President Cheney.
They declared, "The charges are too serious to ignore. There is credible evidence that the Vice President abused the power of his office, and not only brought us into an unnecessary war but violated the civil liberties and privacy of American citizens. It is the constitutional duty of Congress to hold impeachment hearings."
The three Democrats wrote an op-ed to announce their position, but none of the nation's leading newspapers would publish it - just as they refuse to include impeachment in their polls, and just as they refuse to publish their own investigations of the crimes of the Bush Administration. Why? Because the Corporate Media is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Republican Party, as it has been since the Reagan Revolution of 1980.
So this important announcement was made on a Blogcall hosted by Democrat.com, and was covered by progressive blogs - the only news media that serves the people, not the Corporations.
You can read the full op-ed at Rep. Wexler's new site -
http://wexlerwantshearings.com - where you can also watch a powerful video by Wexler.
Rep. Wexler needs to collect 50,000 signatures to convince his Democratic colleagues that the American people truly support impeachment hearings. So please sign his petition:
http://wexlerwantshearings.com You can also send an email to Wexler's other colleagues on Judiciary:
http://www.democrats.com/topelosiandjudiciary Please share this exciting news with your friends, your favorite blogs, and your favorite talk shows - including Air America Radio.
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More Democratic Betrayals: Join the Democratic Donor Strike
As Congress once again rushes home for the holidays, our Democratic leaders are adding to their long list of betrayals.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Harry Reid don't have the power to pass good bills by themselves, but they do have the power to keep wretched bills off the floor. But they adamantly refuse to exercise that power, and instead betray us at every turn.
On Iraq, Pelosi and Reid vowed to end the Iraq Occupation after voters elected Democratic majorities in 2006. But in May they completely surrendered and gave Bush a blank check for $124 billion. In September they gave Bush another blank check for $12 billion, while vowing to block any new funds until January. But now they are giving Bush yet another blank check for $70 billion.
What is their excuse? Incredibly, Pelosi actually said, "The assumption I made was that the Republicans would soon see the light."
On warrantless wiretapping, Pelosi and Reid rushed the abominable "Protect America Act" through Congress in August, while vowing to "fix" it in the fall. When Senator Jay Rockefeller's bill gave retroactive immunity to the telephone companies, Senator Chris Dodd vowed a filibuster. But Harry Reid is using his power as Majority Leader to undermine Senator Dodd's filibuster - something he adamantly refuses to do for any Republican filibusters.
Senator Dodd urgently needs our help immediately to persuade 41 Senate Democrats to support his filibuster:
http://chrisdodd.com/filibusterPelosi and Reid have betrayed all the voters - not just Democrats but also Independents and Republicans - who put Democrats in charge of Congress to end the occupation of Iraq and restore the Constitution.
It is time for Pelosi and Reid to resign as Democratic leaders and let real Democrats take over - Democrats who will fight and win, not surrender.
You can send Pelosi and Reid a message by joining our Democratic Donor Strike against the two fundraising committees they run - the DCCC and the DSCC.
http://www.democrats.com/donor-strike-2007 You can also call your Representatives and tell them:
"No Iraq Funds and No Warrantless Wiretapping"
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