Amherst Bulletin
Shutesbury votes for impeachment
By Bob Dunn – Staff Writer, Published on May 11, 2007
SHUTESBURY – At Town Meeting on Saturday, Shutesbury became the latest town in Massachusetts to publicly call for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
Leverett passed a similar measure last week during its Town Meeting.
The motion calls for state and federal legislators to begin investigations and impeachment proceedings against Bush and Cheney alleging they lied and withheld information from Congress to justify the invasion of Iraq, federalized and deployed National Guard troops overseas, authorized unwarranted electronic surveillance, approved the use of torture against detainees, expanded the powers of the Executive Branch and spent billions on an “illegal” war when that money could have been used elsewhere.
A motion to pass over the measure over, which would have ended debate and prevented it from being passed, was defeated.
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