Eight Congress Members for Impeachment

[davidswanson]

By David Swanson

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Chair of the Out of Iraq Caucus, has joined Congresswomen Barbara Lee and Lynn Woolsey, the two Co-Chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, as well as Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Chief Deputy Whip and a member of the Steering and Policy Committee, and Congress Members Yvette Clarke, William Lacy Clay, Albert Wynn, and Dennis Kucinich in cosponsoring Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney (H. Res. 333). For details, see: http://impeachcheney.org

The list of state Democratic Parties that have passed resolutions urging the impeachment of Bush and Cheney has recently grown to 15. Meanwhile, 11 state legislatures have introduced such resolutions, which have now been passed by at least 77 cities and towns and a growing list of labor unions and other organizations. These resolutions are all listed at http://impeachpac.org/resolutions-list

On Wednesday, June 13, Waters and Kucinich plan to hold a press conference in Washington, D.C., to discuss "Renewed Efforts in the House of Representatives to Impeach Vice President Cheney." The event is planned for 9:30 a.m. at the Cannon Terrace (on the outside of the Cannon House Office Building).

The reference to "renewed" efforts may be related to this discussion of impeaching Cheney in which Congresswoman Waters engaged in April 2006: http://davidswanson.org/node/811

Congresswoman Waters has spoken out strongly on this issue since June 16, 2005: http://homepage.mac.com/bhughes2/iMovieTheater138.html

[babylonsister]

1. YES!!!!!! Whoo hoooo! Great news-thanks! Rep. Maxine Waters

joins the team!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :applause: :applause:

[ClassWarrior]

2. Yes! She's my political hero.

:loveya: Rep. Waters...

NGU.

[midnight]

3. Does anybody remember how many members from congress

supported impeachment for Nixon before Watergate trials got underway?

[marmar]

4. Words can't express my love for the Triad - Barbara, Lynn and Maxine....

Those three ought to be co-presidents of this country. :loveya:

[babylonsister]

5. OMG! The progress we would make! I'd vote for them! nt

[burrowowl]

6. Amen!

[Mind_your_head]

7. Hmmm....Jan Schakowsky too......

I'm impressed.

Now, the real question, HOW COME THERE ARE ONLY EIGHT?!?!

Where are the rest of you?.....someone have you by the short ones, as they say? <---rhetorical question, of course.

on edit: got my there, their, they're mixed up, d*mmit (I hate that, and I did it!)

[ClayZ]

8. Go, Dennis Kucinich! K and R

[Zodiak]

9. Alright...that's 8!!

211 to go.

[calimary]

10. YES!!!! YOWZA!!!! Step by step. Thank you, Lady Maxine!

:toast:

I was hoping she'd join this (and wondering why she hadn't til now - this seems perfect and extremely worthy of her endorsement). Proud I am!

Maybe she'll lead others this way, too.

:toast:

Little by little, guys!

Eyes on the PRIZE.

IMPEACHMENT!!! NOW!!!!! And not just cheney, either!!!!

[Yukari Yakumo]

11. Call me when a Repug joins the call. {nt}

[ClassWarrior]

14. Call you? Who do you think you are, Paris Hilton?

Sorry, but you're going to have to pay attention for yourself.

B-)

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
- Thomas Jefferson

NGU.

[lazyriver]

12. Dennis Kucinich stood alone on this just a few short weeks

ago. He's a brave man who wants his country back and leads by example. Seven congress critters have joined him and others will follow. It still looks unlikely he will ever get enough support to proceed but he is drawing attention to the crimes of Darth Cheney and by association, the rest of the Bush Crime Family.

Presently I support Dennis Kucinich for President in 2008 but think he will wind up filling a very important position in President Al Gore's administration.

[Cults4Bush]

13. K&R nt

[Senator]

15. K&R

[zulchzulu]

16. Like the Occupation, we need the votes...

Being for impeachment is not enough...getting it started is another thing.

[Vidar]

17. Thank you, Maxine.