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April 20, 2007, 1:08PM Vermont Senate: Impeach the president By ROSS SNEYD Associated Press Writer 2007 The Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont senators voted Friday to call for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, saying their actions have raised “serious questions of constitutionality.” The nonbinding resolution was approved 16-9 without…
Rep. Weiner (D-NY) Joins Wexler letter to impeach Cheney
Rep. Weiner Joins Call for Cheney Impeachment Hearings afterdowningstreet.org By David Swanson On Thursday, Congressman Anthony Weiner told Bob Fertik of Democrats.com that he would sign onto Congressman Robert Wexler’s letter to Chairman John Conyers urging the commencement of impeachment hearings for Dick Cheney. Wexler, together with Congress Members Luis Gutierrez and Tammy Baldwin, hopes…
Office Arrest: The Shame of John Conyers
AfterDowningStreet.org By Dave Lindorff If Rosa Parks had lived two years longer, what happened today in the halls of Congress might have killed her. It certainly would have broken her heart. Rep. John Conyers, venerable member of Congress, finally chair of the House Judiciary Committee, a man who worked with Parks in Alabama and then…
ACLU Wants Bush Documents Unsealed
The Associated Press The American Civil Liberties Union renewed its challenge Thursday against the Bush administration’s filing of secret materials to a federal appeals court that will rule on its warrantless surveillance program. The government has filed the papers with the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and the ACLU wants those documents unsealed. The…
Conyers demands DOJ appoint special counsel in torture tapes case
Mike Sheehan, Raw Story Rep. John Conyers, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, is demanding a special counsel with a “full investigative mandate” in the CIA destroyed tapes case, according to a press release. Responding to Attorney General Michael Mukasey’s announcement that an assistant U.S. Attorney would investigate the controversial case on behalf of the…
