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June 11, 2008
Categories: Miscellany
Impeachment measure sent to Judiciary Committee, Kucinich vows to fight on
The House voted to refer articles of impeachment against President Bush to the Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, though the bill's sponosor, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), warned that he is not going to let the issue drop.
"I am going to wait 30 days to see if the committee holds a hearing," Kucinich said.
The former Democratic presidential hopeful told Politico that if the committee fails to take up the measure: "I'll come back again...with more articles."
The House voted 251 to 166 to refer the measure to the House Judiciary Committee, a procedure that is often used to kill controversial legislation. Interestingly, 24 Republicans voted with the Democrats to refer the bill to the committee.
Michael Steel, a spokesman for House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) explained why so many Republicans voted against sending the bill to the committee
There should be consequences when the Democratic Leadership allows the House floor to be hijacked by the loony Left," said Steel. "Instead of acting to lower gas prices, pass a troop funding bill, or protect America by passing FISA modernization, they spent nearly nine hours listening to Rep. Dennis Kucinich talk about his rather fantastical theories about the President. This is just another example of the Democratic Leadership in the House indulging trivial and silly conspiracy theories, rather than working with Republicans to deal with the real issues facing the American people.”
A spokesman for the Judiciary Committee declined to comment when asked if chairman Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) was planning on holding a hearing on the issue.
Although Democratic leaders said the impeachment issue was off the table when they retook control of Congress last year, Kucinich continues to push for trying Bush for "high crimes and misdemeanors."
Kucinich has previously introdcuced articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney. That measure was also referred to the House Judiciary Committee, which failed to act on it.
If this bill dies another quiet death in committee, don't expect Kucinich to let the issue drop. On Monday night, Kucinich read aloud the entire 58 page text of the bill, which took over three and a half hours.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0608/Impeachment_measure_sent_to_Judiciary_Committee_Kucinich_vows_to_fight_on.html (http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0608/Impeachment_measure_sent_to_Judiciary_Committee_Kucinich_vows_to_fight_on.html)
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What's the point of this? By the time this thing gets any legs (IF it gets any legs), Bush's time in office will be over.
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Let's keep our fingers crossed.
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Top dems know it'll make bush MORE popular among independents, and help mccain in november. Top dems have taken this gesture off the table.
This will be more relevant in the future. It's the first time the list of Bush's shady deeds has been introduced into Congressional records. It's part of history now, and you can bet your ass that 50 years from now, kids on message boards will be citing Kucinich's articles as the first in a line of acts, investigations, into the Bush crimes.
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What's the point of this? By the time this thing gets any legs (IF it gets any legs), Bush's time in office will be over.
Bush and his people can be impeached after they leave office.
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What's the point of this? By the time this thing gets any legs (IF it gets any legs), Bush's time in office will be over.
just to get it on record...
On a side note, you righties out there ought to feel pretty fucking stupid about trying to nail Clinton for a BJ ::) I think your boy Bush makes Clinton look an angel.
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just to get it on record...
On a side note, you righties out there ought to feel pretty fucking stupid about trying to nail Clinton for a BJ ::) I think your boy Bush makes Clinton look an angel.
;D
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What's the point of this? By the time this thing gets any legs (IF it gets any legs), Bush's time in office will be over.
Complete waste of my tax dollars.
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complete waste of bandwidth
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Complete waste of my tax dollars.
As opposed to ensuring the pointless deaths of countless American sons & daughters overseas in some godforsaken desert, the destruction of a country, and a crippled world economy teetering on the edge of collapse, ...just so Cheney can make a few additional millions... would that be a more appropriate use of your tax dollars? I hope you said yes, ...cause that's what you have. How much is gas in Hawaii these days? 8)
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complete waste of bandwidth
You're a complete waste of skin, bones, and oxygen, ...but no one has killed you yet.
But don't worry... vote for McCain, and he'll give people all over the world plenty of desire to
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complete waste of bandwidth
but not the witchhunt of Clinton right ::)
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but not the witchhunt of Clinton right ::)
that was one of the biggest wastes of time and an orgy of self righteousness
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but not the witchhunt of Clinton right ::)
that was a waste of tax payers money