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Headlines : GovernmentRaising the Issue of Impeachment
Congressman John Conyers has introduced three resolutions that would censure President Bush and Vice President Cheney, and create a select committee to investigate the administration’s possible crimes and make recommendations regarding grounds for impeachment:
• Resolution to Investigate
• Resolution to Censure Bush
• Resolution to Censure Cheney
[Posted By ShiftShapers]Republished from The Nation
As President Bush and his aides scramble to explain new revelations regarding Bush’s authorization of spying on the international telephone calls and emails of Americans, the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, has begun a process that could lead to the censure, and perhaps the impeachment, of the president and vice president.
US Representative John Conyers, the Michigan Democrat who was a critical player in the Watergate and Iran-Contra investigations into presidential wrongdoing, has introduced a package of resolutions that would censure President Bush and Vice President Cheney and create a select committee to investigate the Administration’s possible crimes and make recommendations regarding grounds for impeachment.
The Conyers resolutions add a significant new twist to the debate about how to hold the administration to account. Members of Congress have become increasingly aggressive in the criticism of the White House, with US Senator Robert Byrd, D-West Virginia, saying Monday, “Americans have been stunned at the recent news of the abuses of power by an overzealous President. It has become apparent that this Administration has engaged in a consistent and unrelenting pattern of abuse against our Country’s law-abiding citizens, and against our Constitution.” Even Republicans, including Senate Judiciary Committee chair Arlen Specter, R-Pennsylvania…
Posted by ShiftShapers
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More democrat antics, oh boy! The Republicans won the White House and Congress so they rule the White House till 2009, and the Congress until 2007. Get over it. Plan for winning back the White House and Congress through democratic elections. If the people don’t agree with you, well, it is tough. We live in a democracy.
If there was some wrong doing, who cares? The American people will probably accept it. That is a small price to pay for good government and freedom in the Arab World. We will let you leftists in the Democratic Party know when the wrong doing by Republicans has surpassed the necessary threshold for us to impeach.
If Bush steals money from the treasury, fiddles with kids private parts, takes drugs, burns a flag, jeopardizes our soldiers for personal profit or for his friends, let us know. Until then keep up the good work and keep dumping those trashy lie pieces.
arg that last related item should be Bush Vows to Continue Spying on Americans
my bad
The Breaking Strain: William Rivers Pitt: If we as a nation do not impeach a sitting president for such a vast array of blatantly illegal activities – activities directed at the American people themselves – then as a nation of laws we have lost our way. We have no meaning. We are finished, and the ideals for which so many have served and fought and died are ashes. Intolerable. Impeachable.
U.S. Representative John Lewis Calls For Bush Impeachment: U.S. Representative John Lewis said in a radio interview on Monday that President Bush should be impeached if he broke the law in authorizing spying on Americans.
Letter from Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) to Vice President Cheney regarding NSA domestic wiretapping, July 17th 2003.
No President Is Above the Law: Senator Byrd on Monday expressed his strong concerns about possible violations of the Constitution in the Bush Administration’s admitted practice of spying on American citizens.
An Impeachable Offense? Famed constitutional attorney Martin Garbus and former intelligence officer Christopher Pyle both say it is an impeachable offense.
Bush must be held accountable: George Bush cannot protect democracy by destroying it.
Our president Is A liar? He was lying then and he is lying now? ‘He is President, Not A King’ Russ Feingold
This probably won’t get Bush impeached, but I am hopeful that it will help democrats to take the lead in the 2006 race.
if you place your faith in the democrats, you are sure to be disappointed. two faces, same head, same body.
Since things have turned into circus, why not make Hollywood’s actors guild an official party? They can remember their lines, are good improvisators and are better acquainted with breaking gas than drilling for it.
Shift, you like the republicans better?
hell no.
The I-Word is Gaining Ground: For those interested in some of the most compelling charges against the president, I offer a brief summary:
Izzy are you just being cute or do you know more than you’re letting on?
1.If Bush steals money from the treasury,
2.fiddles with kids private parts,
3.takes drugs,
4.burns a flag,
5.jeopardizes our soldiers for personal profit or for his friends,
1. Bush is from a long line of war profiteers. He lied his ass off to drag his country to war, a war that is very beneficial to Bush family coffers. So he is stealing taxpayer money.
2. Gannon-Gate Threatens to Expose a Huge GOP Pedophile and Male Prostitution Ring
3. What do drugs have to do with anything?
4. It’s just a goddamned piece of paper
5. See No.1
Peace.Feingold Won’t Rule Out Bush Impeachment: If President George Bush broke laws when ordering wiretaps and secret spying on US citizens, a key Senate Democrat said he would not rule out calling for his impeachment. ‘‘I think there is an orderly and dignified way to find out what happened,’‘ said Russ Feingold of Wisconsin. ‘‘And, if there was a legal violation there needs to be accountability … you can’t put the cart before the horse, but I would not rule out any form of accountability.’‘ That would include impeachment, Feingold told reporters.