Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Impeachment resolution
Rep. John Conyers (D, MI-14) is the sponsor of a resolution (H. Res. 635) to create
There is strength in numbers, and although there may not be enough non-Koolade drinkers in the House today, there is an election in just nine months time.
a select committee to investigate the Administration's intent to go to war before congressional authorization, manipulation of pre-war intelligence, encouraging and countenancing torture, retaliating against critics, and to make recommendations regarding grounds for possible impeachment.The resolution currently has 21 co-sponsors, including my own Representative, Donald Payne (D, NJ-10) and my old, pre-NJ congressman, Maurice Hinchey (D, NY-22). The complete list of cosponsors as of today (February 7, 2006):
- Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1]
- Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2]
- Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23]
- Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1]
- Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17]
- Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22]
- Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18]
- Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9]
- Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
- Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14]
- Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7]
- Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. [GA-4]
- Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8]
- Rep Oberstar, James L. [MN-8]
- Rep Owens, Major R. [NY-11]
- Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10]
- Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15]
- Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9]
- Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13]
- Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35]
- Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6]
There is strength in numbers, and although there may not be enough non-Koolade drinkers in the House today, there is an election in just nine months time.
