{"id":448,"date":"2007-03-05T20:04:22","date_gmt":"2007-03-05T20:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=448"},"modified":"2017-06-10T14:01:51","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T20:01:51","slug":"can-congress-end-the-war-impeachment-is-the-only-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/can-congress-end-the-war-impeachment-is-the-only-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Congress End the War?  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Not a single new Republican was elected, and 30 new Democrats were ushered in, with voters overwhelmingly telling pollsters that they were voting against the war; and by &#8220;against the war,&#8221; they meant &#8220;against the war,&#8221; not &#8220;against the escalation.&#8221; Remember, the President&#8217;s &#8220;surge&#8221; into Baghdad had not yet been announced.<\/p>\n<p>Voters also appeared to be voting for accountability and possibly for the launching of impeachment hearings as well. Polls prior to the election found that a majority of Americans believed a Democratic Congress would impeach. Candidates who campaigned on the theme of accountability, including Keith Ellison (Dem., Minnesota) who promised impeachment, did well. Polls show that a majority of Americans favor impeachment or wish Bush&#8217;s presidency were over. Voters in November even booted out a couple of Republicans who had turned against the war, saying that they were voting for a Democratic majority so that the Democrats could investigate the war as well as end it &#8211; something a majority of Americans <a href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/postpoll_121206.htm\">continue to say<\/a> they want.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;\u00c2\u00a0Congressmen Dennis Kucinich and John Conyers have said they favor launching the impeachment process if the Bush administration attacks Iran. Needless to say, it would be better to begin proceedings to impeach in order to prevent an attack on Iran, but that is unlikely in the present political atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>(More)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By David Swanson, TomDispatch.com &#8230;The peace movement lobbied a Republican Congress without success for four years. 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