Vermont Guardian
Welch agrees to host town meeting on impeachment
By Shay Totten | Vermont Guardian
Posted May 5, 2007
HARTLAND – After meeting with a handful of impeachment activists Saturday afternoon, Rep. Peter Welch, D-VT, agreed to co-host a statewide town meeting on the issue as early as next week.
The meeting is likely to be held in Hartland, Welch’s hometown, or somewhere nearby in the White River Junction area. The exact venue and time will largely depend on the expected turnout.
Hosting such a meeting was one of the request activists had of Welch during the brief meeting.
“We’re very happy about that,” said Jimmy Leas, a South Burlington attorney who met with Welch. “He hasn’t changed his position on impeachment but he does want o hear from Vermonters and we’re hoping that many hundreds of Vermonters will come out and express their view on why impeachment is needed. It will give Vermonters a chance to speak out and try to persuade Peter Welch to join other congressmen in submitting an impeachment resolution.”
Welch is cool to the idea of introducing a bill calling for impeachment investigations into Pres. George W. Bush and Vice Pres. Dick Cheney, or to even lend his name to a current bill authored by Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-OH, that calls for such a probe of Cheney’s actions.
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