By David Postman
March 2, 2007
Dozens of speakers told state lawmakers Thursday that the Washington Legislature needs to do what Congress won’t – push for impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
Witnesses at a state Senate committee hearing called Bush and Cheney war criminals, decried the “Bush junta” and warned of American dictatorships to come.
“The people have come here today to say to our state Legislature: ‘You have the opportunity and you have the duty to do the right thing,’Â ” Democratic activist Susan Harmon said.
The hearing was on two measures: one by Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, D-Seattle, that asks Congress to block the troop increase in Iraq, and another by Sen. Eric Oemig, D-Kirkland, that calls for Congress to investigate and consider impeachment.
No one spoke against the impeachment proposal.
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