Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Another Congress Member Signs Onto Cheney Impeachment Bill
Last week Congressman Pete Stark from California's 13th District signed onto H.Res 333 Impeaching Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
That makes 26 co-sponsors plus the original sponsor, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (OH-10).
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 5/1/2007
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 5/1/2007
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4] - 5/10/2007
Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] - 6/6/2007
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 6/7/2007
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 6/7/2007
Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35] - 6/12/2007
Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [GA-4] - 6/28/2007
Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] - 6/28/2007
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 7/10/2007
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 7/10/2007
Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 7/12/2007
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 7/12/2007
Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1] - 7/24/2007
Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 8/1/2007
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] - 8/1/2007
Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9] - 8/4/2007
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 8/4/2007
Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [MI-13] - 9/7/2007
Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] - 9/27/2007
Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] - 10/16/2007
Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] - 11/5/2007
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 12/5/2007
Rep Moore, Gwen [WI-4] - 12/19/2007
Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3] - 2/14/2008
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 3/5/2008
Here's the bill's complete text.
An excerpt:
"In his conduct while Vice President of the United States, Richard B. Cheney, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of Vice President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, purposely manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the citizens and Congress of the United States about an alleged relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda in order to justify the use of the United States Armed Forces against the nation of Iraq in a manner damaging to our national security interests, to wit:
(1) Despite all evidence to the contrary, the Vice President actively and systematically sought to deceive the citizens and the Congress of the United States about an alleged relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda......"
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