14 US House Reps Want Bush Impeach Probe

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14 US House Reps Want Bush Impeach Probe

17 Total Call for Bush to Resign or Be Impeached

by Matthew Cardinale
Editor, Atlanta Progressive News

February 1, 2006 / The number of US House Representatives who have signed on to H. Res 635–supporting a probe looking into the grounds for impeaching Bush–has jumped to fourteen (14), including US Rep. John Conyers who initially sponsored the bill, Atlanta Progressive News has learned.

The total number of Members of US Congress who want Bush’s impeachment or resignation is actually seventeen (17), including 14 co-sponsors of H. Res 635, plus US Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) who called for Bush’s impeachment over wiretapping, and US Reps. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) and Bobby Rush (D-GA) who have called for Bush to step down.

The 14 members who have signed on to H. Res. 635 are Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA), Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO), Rep. Sheila-Jackson Lee (D-TX), Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA), Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Major Owens (D-NY), Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ), Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Rep. Fortney Pete Stark (D-CA), Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), and Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), according to Thomas.loc.gov.

Seven members added their names yesterday, January 31, 2006, while one of the erstwhile co-sponsors–Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)–withdrew her name citing a clerical error.

Lofgren’s Office advised Atlanta Progressive News last week that US Rep. Lofgren first learned she was listed as a co-sponsor after Atlanta Progressive News issued an article in December 2005. Her full statement is cited below.

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[Sammy Pepys]

1. It'll die in committee....n/t

...

[napi21]

2. Nothing will happen until you see some "R's" behind some of

those signers! MAkes for good headlines, but that's all.

[Justice Is Comin]

20. All we have to do is force the judiciary committee

to conclude that vine swinger broke the law. They make the referral and it's the duty of the House to start a resolution of inquiry.

[napi21]

28. Yea, the same way we've all seen the second report on

the 9/11 inquiry, huh? They got themselves all in a tizzy when the Dems shut down the Senate to gorce them to issue it, but that was quite a while ago, and I know I sure haven't seen the results!

I don't really think we need to discuss "The DUTY of the House". They ignore the rules, ethics, and laws. Why do you think they'd follow this one?

[Justice Is Comin]

50. The phase 2 is being held up

because they're waiting for a report from the Pentagon who is doing an investigation on Feith, the fact that he pocketed intelligence he didn't like. The Pentagon is insisting that they investigate themselves and supposed to be issuing a report to the committee.

That's what they're allegedly waiting for.

[Mirwib]

37. How do you propose to "make" them conclude he broke the law?

[progressoid]

29. Yep - & with Washington more partisan than ever, I ain't holding my breath

[mb7588a]

3. HRes635...

109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 635

To designate Poland as a program country under the visa waiver program established under section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

:shrug:
It don't exist until it exists...

[Sammy Pepys]

5. H.RES.635

It's a resolution.

[mb7588a]

10. got it. thanks. nt.

[onenote]

6. H.R. 635 and H. Res. 635 are two different things

Resolved, That there is hereby established in the House of Representatives a select committee to be known as the Select Committee on Administration Predetermination to Go to War and... (Introduced in House)

HRES 635 IH


109th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. RES. 635
Creating a select committee to investigate the Administration's intent to go to war before congressional authorization, manipulation of pre-war intelligence, encouraging and countenancing torture, retaliating against critics, and to make recommendations regarding grounds for possible impeachment .

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

4. Wasting Our Time & Energy

This isn't going anywhere. Those 17 Dems will huff and puff, but nothing will happen. Sometimes I think it's just an exercise in futility.

If anybody expects this to do a single thing to impact King george, I've got a bridge to sell you.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

11. delete

[noamnety]

14. John Conyers talked about that attitude at his recent town hall

The same could have been said about Nelson Mandela. What could be a bigger exercise in futility than sitting in prison serving a life sentence, thinking about how you'd run the country if you were elected president?

Other folks who specialized in exercises in futility: Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr.

[eppur_se_muova]

24. And Gandhi was the biggest time-waster of them all? nt

[pilgrimsoul]

30. I love you for writing this post!

I just had a shitty day, and your post really raised me up. Thanks!

:loveya: :pals:

Edited to clarify that my post is in response to post #14.

[calimary]

66. Exercises in futility? How about that little pipsqueak with the slingshot

against the big-ass invincible fearsome giant Goliath? Some puny little nobody named David, who went on to be one of the heaviest of the heavy-weights in the Old Testament.

How about the photo of that one single Chinese guy standing in front of a ferocious, daunting-looking line of battle-ready armored tanks? ONE guy, all by his lonesome, and he stood there in the way of that line of tanks - and they didn't go anywhere.

Think of that single Arabic nomad whose piety and fervor founded one of the world's GIANT religions.

Think back, earlier than him, to the poor, bearded nobody with the motley crew of a dozen other bearded nobodies - who was tortured and killed for His activism. Look what HE started.

If nothing else, think of that silly old ant who thought he could move the rubber tree plant...

These things DO happen. Nelson Mandela WAS rotting in jail for more than two dozen years. Ultimately became PRESIDENT. Mohammed was just some guy. Jesus was just some carpenter's kid.

[Cults4Bush]

34. Wow... thats an awfully long piss to take for such a small parade then.

Nice little insult you just handed to some of our best and most progressive fighters in the house, (and their supporters here at DU of course) .

Seriously .... did you get paid for this debbie downer shit or what?

[meganmonkey]

61. So you can belittle the efforts

of the few Congresspeople who are ACTUALLY TRYING. The rest of us will call our Reps and demand that they support this, and convince our family and friends to do the same.

If we don't even TRY than we have already FAILED.

Peace.

[Greeby]

7. At least Dems can go on record and join the majority of sane people

That they get the message: "One way or another, Bush must go!"

[liberalpress]

9. That 17 figure may eventually inflate to 25 or so...

So that will be 25 in favor 410 against. Not even up to the annoyance level

[Fovea]

46. It is good for the base

and will resonate with disgusted swingsters.

The ones who are annoyed by it were voting R anyway.

[seriousstan]

8. Would H.Res 635 be the same as a resolution to conduct an inquiry?

I was looking at this scenario and trying to figure out where this would fit in.

The House Judiciary Committee considers the charges and adopts a resolution to conduct an inquiry.
House of Representatives passes the resolution by a majority vote.
The House Judiciary Committee conducts the inquiry or investigation into the crimes.
The House Judiciary Committee approves articles of impeachment by a majority.
The House of Representative debates each article and passes at least one with a majority vote. Bush is now officially "impeached".

[Hekate]

12. Thanks Lois, Lynn, Maxine, and Pete from California...

And all the rest sticking their necks out. I see some stalwarts in the list, like John Conyers, Cynthia McKinney, Jim McDermott, Sheila Jackson Lee, Charles Rangel, Neil Abercrombie... They all have my gratitude.

Hekate

[xxqqqzme]

16. the only opposition party seems

2 B the CBC.

[Hekate]

33. Sure seems like that, doesn't it? But our Lois is a blond...

... and judging from her Xmas cards, her kids and grandkids all take after her.

As to the Congressional Black Caucus, they've had my unqualified support ever since they were the only ones willing to tackle the 2000 Florida coup d'etat as a voting rights issue.

And they've been on the right side of so many issues ever since then that I really have the feeling they speak on behalf of the country as a whole, not just their black constituencies -- which when you think about it is how Congress is *supposed* to act.

Hekate

[mainer]

54. Neil Abercrombie is white

from hawaii. Glad to see him on the list.

[ninkasi]

26. I knew I'd see Sheila Jackson-Lee's name there...

She's always standing up for people's rights, and does a lot of good. Same goes for the rest of them, and Conyers is tireless in opposing Chimp and his corrupt policies.

[EVDebs]

13. What similarities to Nixon's plans to seize Saudi Oilfield in '73

does Bush's invasion of Iraq have ? Was this 'on the drawing boards' for all these years with only Republican presidents in favor ? The similarity is so close you have to ask yourself these terrible questions.

Was war 'planning' so stale and so concretious (since 1973) that our DOD was hellbent to do this war despite changed circumstances ? Dinosaurs like Cheney would have wanted this stuff, but where were their heads at ? In a timewarp ?

[Beaverhausen]

15. Time to write to our reps and ask them to support H. Res 635

[Straight Shooter]

17. 17 is better than none.

And I'm very pleased to see Charles Rangel's name on there. My perception is that he fights for principle, not publicity.

[magellan]

18. Now THIS is what I'm talking about!

17 Dems step up to the plate, hurrah! But it won't be enough to energize the masses unless the corporate media carry the story to INFORM the people. And we know that isn't going to happen.

These Dems ought to pool their resources and buy ad space in a major paper or magazine. I'd suggest buying a 30-second commercial spot on tv but we've seen broadcasters refuse to air such things.

[wordpix2]

19. Senators: LYING about reasons to go to war costing innocent lives & $250BL

billion (so far) is a high crime, don't you think?

[melissinha]

21. Where's Waxman?

Glad for all, especially Jackson-Lee who is the only one from here in Texas... wish she represented me!

[calimary]

59. I don't know. He's my congressman and he's usually on things just like

this. I just called his office, as a matter of fact, and asked them that very question. WHERE is he? His name should be one of the first ones on the list.

[melissinha]

62. what was their answer?

I looked up the bill though house.gov and couldn't find his name there either.

[calimary]

64. They said they'd pass it along to him. I told them I liked the vast

majority of what he's done in Congress. I like to remind people of what a dog-on-a-pants-leg he's been to dear darling dickie go-fuck-yourself. Don't know why he's not on this yet. In fact, I may call his office, locally, again. I used one of the TOLL FREE Capitol Hill Switchboard numbers before, to call Washington. Most of 'em are in my sigline here...

Anybody who's even HALFWAY predisposed toward our side on this HAS to be called, emailed, petitioned, and otherwise nagged like crazy until they join up. No rest, and no peace about this, until they do.

[mopinko]

22. a small nitpick- bobby rush is from illinois

making for 2 illinois representatives on board.
y'all can move here, we got plenty of room.

[PassingFair]

23. I LOVE Jan Schakowsky and I'm not even...

from Illinois.

You are SO lucky to have her!

Even though I have Sander Levin, I'm jealous!

[calimary]

65. Yeah, I do, too. She totally rocks!

And Jim McDermott's signed this, too. He is UTTERLY righteous!!!

[PassingFair]

72. Calimary, I swear, EVERY THING she does and says falls on the..

correct side of the fence as far as I'm concerned.

I'd like to see an extensive interview with her.

She gets it.

[0007]

25. This time next month it will be 28 and then 56 and 112 and the

next thing ya know Henry Hyde and James Sensenbrenner, Jr. will be signing on.

[Ian David]

27. The Statute of Limitations on Bush's crimes don't expire for a LONG time

We could have a lot of Republicans out of office and/or in jail by then.

Unfortunately, I think that if things get too ugly, Der Chimpenfuherer will pull the nuclear switch and invite Jesus to smite the planet.

[Barrett808]

31. Shout out to my man, "Baghdad Jim" McDermott n/t

[wiley]

32. That's my congressperson!

Why aren't there more?

[superconnected]

35. Nobody belives me but dems can be bought and sold too.

Just like alito - if you look at his corporate record. He is clearly owned.

Why think any less of dems supporting him(alito) and bush.

[calimary]

67. Well, fine then. Let the games begin. Let's US buy and own some of

these people, too. Last time I tried it, I wound up buying myself a brand new Congresswoman from South Dakota (Stephanie Herseth) - and I'm in California. I don't mind these people being bought and paid for - as long as they've been bought and paid for by us Good Guys. If THAT is how the game's played, then let's get in and play it to our advantage. Especially in some of the littler races where maybe not as much machinery money is being poured in because most of the big guns will be trying to prop up people like tom delay and rick santorum. Look for somebody maybe a little more out-of-the-way. May not cost nearly as much - far more bang for your buck! Every additional Democrat, no matter from where, is ANOTHER ADDITIONAL DEMOCRAT in there, instead of another republi-CON. In Herseth's case, I think she's the ONLY congressional rep for her state.

[superconnected]

68. Now I'm sure you're a dem because you stand for certian values

Like that our first Amendment remains, and that we aren't locked up in secret prison while our treasure is looted.

My point above is that we woulnd't be in this position if the dems didn't help. They help by keeping their head down. Remember Farenheit 911 where it would take only 1 senator to help the house of representatives investigate and fight the 2000 elections. Well gee, not one signed.

We lost nearly half the dem senators on the Alito fillibuster.

Having more dems won't help us if they are bought by corporations. The corporations have more collective monies than we do. We need some honest people whose greed won't come out and screw us over. Since Dems are dropping people from the party who can't come up with millions in Election donations, it's not likely that we are going to come up with honest people anytime soon.

I stand for dem values but I don't stand behind any dem that's selling me out to Bush's values.

The republicans are stronger as a party because they don't care if their crook is selling them out. They just want to win. The dems are divided because we keep having crooks to lead us. A crook gets paid to do what they're told. That includes not fight bills going by. Obviously we've got a lot of dems not fighting.
They may as well stamp approval on the issues. I'm fairly certian after watching this, they're crooks too.

[calimary]

69. Doesn't matter. They'll go where the money is, and at least some of

that money should be OURS.

YES, nobody stood with the Congressional Black Caucus in its efforts to challenge the vote count in Selection 2000. You're quite correct. Painfully so.

BUT...

Remember Barbara Boxer. She evidently has a conscience because she recognized, albeit too late, that she could have stood up with them then. So, when it came time to do it again after the theft of the 2004 election, there she was - in all her glory - standing there with the Congressional Black Caucus in their second consecutive challenge. They FINALLY had somebody. She stood up with them because she regretted having not done so four years earlier. Besides, she put out the word that if enough people urged it, she would step up and be counted. Apparently she was DELUGED, SWAMPED, nearly DROWNED in emails, phone calls and pleas from constituents AND nonconstituents all over the country. She got MORE than enough calcium supplement to brace her backbone. And she went out and stood with 'em, and they got heard (well, at least nominally) and their concerns HAD to be addressed. She did it because WE found a chink in the armor and went for it with every prying, chiseling, and wedging tool we could find. She was ripe for the picking, and we made sure there were LEGIONS of eager pickers. She's not alone, either. Just one of the least timid anymore.

I think that's a condition that, Lord willing, can be exploited and expanded as the months go by. Especially as bush does NOT rebound like Lazarus from his lousy poll numbers, and there may be something to entangle (and distract) rove with the Fitzgerald efforts (that have NOT gone away, thank you very much), plus the Jack Abramoff business that also is only going to get bigger and nastier, and the death toll from Iraq, which unfortunately will NOT be shrinking anytime soon. Those things will wear away further at bush and republi-CON solidarity. You just watch as hurricane season starts up again in about four months or so, and the Gulf states are nowhere near recovered from the last one, and all they have are lots of "wish sandwiches," since bush made all those high-fallutin' big-ass promises for lots of mega-bucks - NONE OF WHICH has happened (just like he did with New Yorkers after 9/11). You watch. As we get closer to the election, you watch as more republi-CONS politely decline offers from bush to come campaign for them. You watch.

Meantime, we can not afford to grow complacent, OR apathetic. And we sure as hell can't get discouraged and give up!!!

DON'T GIVE UP!!! Sure, they may have locked the front door and the back door and the side door, and maybe all the ground-floor windows. But they didn't get the vents, the air conditioning ducts, the basement windows, the attic windows, or any other little cracks and breaks - perhaps deemed too small or inconsequential to shore up. Hey, if mice and termites and wind and rain and other moisture can get in, SO CAN WE.

[superconnected]

70. Okay, you're right.

Thank you. I feel bettter.

[superconnected]

36. One of mine is on there, the other is missing. I can only guess

they take turns pretending they're supporting dems.

[lonestarnot]

38. Only takes one step to start a journey!

[Disturbed]

40. Can any in Congress dispute this?

“Secondly, there are such things as roving wiretaps. Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires -- a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so. It's important for our fellow citizens to understand, when you think Patriot Act, constitutional guarantees are in place when it comes to doing what is necessary to protect our homeland, because we value the Constitution.”

President Bush -- April 20, 2004

[brentspeak]

39. Wake me up when the number is 140 congressmen. n/t

[stop the bleeding]

41. They are not the majority this means nadda, we need to take it back in

fall of 2006 for this to actually work.

[wordpix2]

42. it's a start but I know my rep Nancy "Pharma" Johnson won't sign

[JerseygirlCT]

43. The woman who stood by her (Newt) man?

Yeah, fat chance of that happening!

I do hope Chris Murphy runs and beats her, even if it's a long-shot.

[VegasWolf]

44. Only 14 intelligent representatives? nt

[samhsarah]

45. K&R

[rodeodance]

49. KICKYPOO

[reprobate]

47. If you want this to work, get out there and help elect dems this year.

This will work, and we WILL impeach Mad George. If and only if we can take back the congress this year. That means that if you want to see that happen, it's up to you to get out there and support your dem running for house or senate this year. Give money, man the phone banks, go door to door, whatever you can do will help. If you don't help it won't get done.

It's the personal responsibility of each and every one of us who wants to get rid of this bastard and all his cohorts and enablers to work our asses of at the grass roots level to elect democrats this year. The future of the nation depends on YOU.

[rodeodance]

48. Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI),---thats MY rep.

[and-justice-for-all]

51. Evan Bayh contacted.

I just emailed my state Rep. Evan Bayh and asked him to sign on to H. Res 635.

[Wilms]

52. kick

[Breeze54]

53. Awesome!! We need more to sign on!!! NOW!!

:evilgrin:

[leesa]

55. Where's Dennis K.?

Keep the impeach word alive. The criminals in the White House have to go.

[Pacifist Patriot]

56. What? No Republicans on board? I'm shocked. Shocked I say.

[JudyM]

57. We ought to impeach Bush and Cheney together

Last thing we need is for that snarly vindictive ideologue running the country outright and pardoning *.

[calimary]

58. CALL YOUR CONGRESS-REP!!! Toll Free numbers here:

Thanks to mom cat for many of these:

1 888 355 3588

1 888 818 6641

1 877 851 6437

1 800 426 8073

1 800 828 0498

and there's always...

1 800 762 8762 - which, when spelled is 1 800 SOB, USOB (!) - and if they're NOT signing onto this one, they ARE SOBs.

[Vidar]

60. It's a good start--Conyers rocks.

[ClayZ]

63. Throw the bums out!

:kick:

[phoebe]

71. If the city of Arcata, CA can do it why not NYC, LA and SF?

http://www.gp.org/press/states/ca_2006_01_09.shtml

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Arcata City Council "2006 New Years Resolution" Demands Impeachment or Resignation of Bush and Cheney

snip

RESOLUTION NO. 056-34

A 2006 NEW YEARS RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCATA DEMANDING THE IMPEACHMENT OR RESIGNATION OF GEORGE W. BUSH AND RICHARD B. CHENEY

Whereas, on October 15, 2003, the Arcata City Council unanimously approved a letter to the House Judiciary Committee, requesting an investigation into whether George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney committed impeachable offences in the lead-up to the Iraq War, and

Whereas, on October 6, 2004, the Arcata City Council adopted a resolution demanding the impeachment of George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney, and

Whereas, the Presidential crimes of misleading the American people and Congress into waging an unnecessary war in Iraq, in violation of the US Constitution and International Law, have been further confirmed in the past sixteen months, and

etc, etc.