Rep. Rothman supports impeachment inquiry...

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Rothman supports inquiry to impeach Bush
Submitted by davidswanson on Fri, 2006-08-25 15:47. Elections | Impeachment
By OSHRAT CARMIEL, Staff Writer
The Bergen Record
Friday,August 25, 2006
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Speaking before an audience of Iraq war dissenters and presidential critics, Rep. Steve Rothman, D-Fair Lawn, pledged to support an inquiry into the possible impeachment of President Bush over the war in Iraq.

That offers a critical reason, Rothman told his applauding audience in Edgewater on Wednesday night, to elect Democrats in November.

"The only body that has the power to impeach the president is the House of Representatives," Rothman said Wednesday. "The effort, if I may be so bold, is to take back the House."

Rothman was part of a panel convened by Democracy for America -- a political action committee founded by Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean -- to discuss strategies for disengaging U.S troops from Iraq.

The group, gathered in a gymnasium, included Rep. Rush Holt, D-Hopewell, and Paul Aronsohn, who is seeking to unseat Republican Rep. Scott Garrett in the 5th District.

There was little disagreement among the partisan panelists, all of them candidates for office in November, that the U.S. should leave Iraq -- and soon.

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