Conyers Email: "Demand Accountability for Bush Cheney Misconduct"

[Hissyspit]

Demand Censure and Accountability for Misconduct by Bush and Cheney in Iraq War

Dear Friend:

Today I released a staff Report entitled, “The Constitution in Crisis: The Downing Street Minutes and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution and Coverups in the Iraq War.”

I have introduced a resolution creating a Select Committee with subpoena authority to investigate the misconduct of the Bush Administration with regard to the Iraq war and report on possible impeachable offenses; as well as Resolutions proposing both President Bush and Vice-President Cheney should be censured by Congress based on the uncontroverted evidence of their abuse of power.

To read the Report, sign up as a citizen cosponsor of these efforts, or make a contribution and obtain a signed copy of a book version of the report to be published in the coming months, please go to the Iraq Report Action Center on my web site.

Iraq Report Action Center

In addition to highlighting the devastating arrogance, hubris, and wrongheadedness of the Bush Administration, the Report also highlights the danger of one party rule in Washington and inability of the Republican Congress to operate as any sort of check or balance on the Administration. It is important that we as a nation say “never again” to going to war under false pretenses, and covering up official wrongdoing. Thank you for helping me look at these problems, and please pass on this email to friends and colleagues who may be interested in this issue as well.

Thank you for your help and your continued stand for a better democracy.


Sincerely,
John Conyers, Jr.

[ticapnews]

1. All due respect to the Congressman

But screw censure.

[Hissyspit]

2. I know what you mean. They could have censured Clinton and moved on...

to important stuff. But this is about democracy and war crimes. Impeachment is necessary.

[renate]

4. Conyers knows the system well

He knows what's outside the realm of possibility versus what Republican congresspeople might be willing to do to try to detach their sorry selves from Bush's coattails next November.

Does censure put an end to any future actions by Congress, or could the same actions for which Bush would be censured be brought up later in impeachment hearings?

[FloridaPat]

3. I do believe the Nation spoke and said no war. It was the president

who wanted one and congress let him. And what do we get out of censuring? I want impeachments and jail terms.