Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) signs Wexler letter calling to impeach Cheney

February 25, 2008 Bush Era, Florida, Impeachment Evidence, Minnesota 6

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by Mikael Rudolph – IFP cofounder
Updated 5:15 p.m. Central Time Feb. 25th

A spokesperson in Minnesota Representative and House Judiciary Committee member Keith Ellison’s office confirmed today that Representative Ellison has added his name to Florida Representative Robert Wexler’s letter calling for the HJC to immediately commence impeachment hearings investigating Vice President Richard B. Cheney for possible impeachable offenses.

Wexler has also gathered over 230,000 online citizen signatures in support of Cheney’s impeachment at: www.WexlerWantsHearings.com.

Ellison spearheaded an effort to initiate impeachment proceedings while he was a state legislator in Minnesota and was an early cosigner onto H. Res. 333 (now 799) authored by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and has continued to consistently support efforts to impeach the Vice President and President George W. Bush.

A list found on Wexler’s campaign website: www.WexlerforCongress.com just added Ellison’s name and lists three other members of the HJC as signatories, Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) along with Rep. Wexler. Ellison’s signing means that five of the twenty two Democrats on the committee have cosigned Wexler’s letter.

Three other HJC members signed onto H. Res. 333: Hency ‘Hank’ Johnson (D-GA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) last year and one more, Anthony Weiner (D-NY), has publicly stated that he will sign Wexler’s letter which brings a total of nine HJC members publicly favoring impeachment and thirteen not yet in support.

HJC Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and powerful member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) were impeachment advocates but have changed positions in the new congress, seemingly heeding the call of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to keep impeachment “off the table”.

Here is the list from Wexler’s site with Ellison’s name added:

(*= member of the Judiciary Committee)

Abercrombie, Neil, HI, 1st
Baldwin, Tammy, WI, 2nd *
Capuano, Michael E., MA, 8th
Clarke, Yvette D., NY, 11th
Clay, Wm. Lacy, MO, 1st
Cohen, Steve, TN, 9th *
DeFazio, Peter, OR, 4th
Ellison, Keith, MN, 5th *
Farr, Sam, CA, 17th
Grijalva, Raúl M., AZ, 7th
Gutierrez, Luis V., IL, 4th *
Kucinich, Dennis J., OH, 10th
Lee, Barbara, CA, 9th
Moore, Gwen, WI, 4th
Moran, James P., VA, 8th
Thompson, Mike, CA, 1st
Towns, Edolphus, NY, 10th
Woolsey, Lynn, CA, 6th
Wexler, Robert, FL, 19th *
Wynn, Albert Russell, MD, 4th

5 Comments

  1. I write to John Conyers every single day! I am keeping the Post Office busy. I buy the Breast Cancer Stamps as well. I hope my letters help get Conyers to start Impeachment Hearings but if not, I am still donating money to a great cause,Breast Cancer Research. I also get the blank pre-posted postage cards. They are 26 cents. 24 cents postage and 2 cents for the blank card. You get to put your two cents into an Inportant Topic, IMPEACHMENT

  3. My Letter To Conyers:

    From: Joseph Spiezio
    Date: November 7, 2007 1:08:05 PM PST
    To: [email protected]
    Cc: Joseph Spiezio
    Subject: IMPEACH!

    Dear Congressman Conyers,

    Impeachment MUST be put back on the table! The Progressive Democrats in this country feel betrayed by the majority leaders in both houses! Democrats came out strong at the voting booth, in order to stop the war in Iraq, and remove a criminal administration from office, before more harm to the country could take place. Nothing has changed! The killing in an illegal war continues! People are still being illegally wiretapped! The assault on the Constitution continues with reckless abandon! The Justice Department is dysfunctional! And, the public continues being ripped off by out of control corporations who are engaging in war profiteering!

    The Bush Administration makes the Mafia look like a church tea group. Cheney, Bush, and the rest of the crooks in this administration belong in prison! This entire administration should be impeached NOW! None of this criminal Bush Administration bull**** would be happening if congress was doing their job! Republicans, and, many Democrats in congress are aiding and abetting the Bush administration criminals!

    Congress has been standing by, and allowing the crimes of this administration to take place in plain view and not doing a thing to stop them. Allowing this criminal administration to continue breaking the law with impunity is not only a travesty, but a violation of the oath that congress takes to protect and uphold the constitution! Violating the oath of office is in itself a crime. Congress must begin representing the people of this country and doing the job they were elected to do!

    It’s plain to see that all politicians, regardless of party, owe their lofty positions to large corporate backers. So, all the sniveling about the Democrats not having the votes to clean up Washington is meaningless. Never in my lifetime have I seen such a bunch of criminals in charge of government, and I’m 72 years old.

    The rich and powerfull will always control the rest of the people as long they are allowed to do so! It MUST BE OBVIOUS TO EVERYONE THAT THE COUNTRY IS ON THE WRONG TRACK! It’s up to the citizens of this country to protect the constitution! The politicians will not do so! These crooked bastards, who have highjacked the country, are not going to throw themselves into prison! It’s time for these crooks to realize that no government is immune from public pressure! To Congress: Let’s get with the program! Impeach! Convict! Throw the crooks into prison! Throw away the key!

    Joseph S. Spiezio
    Box 3305
    Clearlake, CA 95422

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