http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071119/NEWS01/711190328/1002DRYDEN — At his latest “Congressman on your Corner” event on Saturday, U.S. Rep. Michael A. Arcuri, D-24th Dist., said only a few words before taking questions from the crowd of close to 50 residents.
His constituents who gathered at Dryden's town hall had a lot to say to the first-term representative.
While most people in attendance praised Arcuri's voting record in the House of Representatives, others took issue with his refusal to vote for a bill to impeach vice president Dick Cheney.
“It's incumbent upon you to aggressively pursue impeachment,” said Freeville resident Lynn McMannis. “If we don't hold (the Bush administration) to account, our democracy will go down the drain.”
Arcuri defended his vote by recalling his days as a district attorney and said that any impeachment attempts would bring the Legislature and the country to a halt.
“I don't think that impeaching the vice president is the best decision,” he said. “I don't think the country can afford to go through with it.”
http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2007/11/20/news/local/doc47428124e68bd114684083.txtA friendly crowd greeted Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, in American Canyon Monday night as the lawmaker came to his home district for a conversation with voters about issues ranging from the war in Iraq to education and immigration.
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Commenting on the goal of left-wing members of the Democratic Party, he said impeaching Vice President Dick Cheney would be a divisive move that would grind Congress to a halt and unite Republicans.