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Repudiation, Not Impeachment
By Scott Ritter, Truthdig It is a question I am faced with at every public event I participate in: What are my views on the impeachment of President Bush and others in his administration? Generally, the question is preceded by an emotional statement listing the “crimes” which Mr. Bush is accused of committing, and the…
GOP blocks Dem-led motion to kill impeachment resolution; measure sent to House Judiciary
Jason Rhyne, Raw Story …In an unexpected move, House Republicans on Tuesday voted against a measure to kill an impeachment resolution introduced against Vice President Dick Cheney by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH). A motion to table, which would have ended debate on the resolution, had been brought by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) soon…
The Cry of the Disappeared
By Roger Cohen, International Herald Tribune I spent some time in Argentina in the aftermath of the 1976-83 dictatorship. Enough to become familiar with countless picture frames holding images of impossibly lovely young women, taken from their homes for “brief questioning,” never to be seen again. Enough to know the unquenchable parental tears these disappearances…
Woodstock board torn over impeachment resolution
dailyfreeman.com — Town Board members are considering a resolution that would call for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, but they are at odds over the propriety of issuing a local opinion on a federal matter. The resolution was proposed during a Town Board meeting Wednesday, when three council members agreed…
Will Ellison pursue impeachment? Not for now…
By Rob Hotakainen, Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 25, 2007 WASHINGTON – If campaign talk means anything, there would be at least one sure vote on the House Judiciary Committee to impeach President Bush if the matter ever came up. It would come from freshman Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison, the Minneapolis lawyer and former state legislator…
Supplemental budget w/ Iraq War timeline passes House 218-212
therawstory Michael Roston – Published: Friday March 23, 2007 The Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives succeeded in passing a controversial supplemental war budget that includes a timeline to remove troops from Iraq by August 2008. Fourteen Democrats voted against the funding bill, and two Republicans voted in favor of it. By a 218-212…
