By Matthew Cardinale, Editor, Atlanta Progressive News (February 15, 2006)
(APN) ATLANTA–25 US Representatives–including two members of the Georgia delegation–have now signed on as co-sponsors of H. Res 635, demanding a probe which could recommend Bush’s impeachment, including the initial sponsor, US Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), Atlanta Progressive News has learned.
If the Democratic Party is able to retake the US House of Representatives, Rep. Conyers would become Chairman Conyers of the House Judiciary Committee, whereas he is currently minority leader on the Committee.
If not acted on this session, the bill would have to be reintroduced next session. It is possible that a new bill could include new language regarding NSA domestic wiretapping.
Sources in Washington DC tell Atlanta Progressive News that H. Res 635 is a venue for coalition among members of Congress who are willing to consider impeachment for a variety of reasons.
Even though H. Res 635 does not specifically reference the NSA domestic wiretapping issue, some Members of US Congress have found the wiretapping issue to be a compelling reason to sign on as a co-sponsor, sources say.
26 US Representatives now total want Bush either to face an impeachment probe or to resign. US Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) is the representative who has called for Bush’s resignation, according to a World Can’t Wait statement issued to Atlanta Progressive News.
Two (2) Members of US Congress signed on yesterday, February 14, 2006, including US Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) and US Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY), according to thomas.loc.gov. Since APN’s last story on H. Res 635, US Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA), also signed on, having done so on February 8, 2006. Press representatives for Reps. Moore, Velazquez, and Honda were not immediately available for comment.
The current 25 total co-sponsors are Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA), Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-MO), Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA), Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA), Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA), Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI), Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rep. James Oberstar (D-MN), Rep. Major Owens (D-NY), Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ), Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Rep. Fortney Pete Stark (D-CA), Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY), Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), and Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
The best represented states on H. Res 635 are California (8), Georgia (2), New York (6), and Wisconsin (2).
Over 12% of US House Democrats now support the impeachment probe; almost 6% of all US House Representatives now support the probe. In December 2005, there were 231 Republicans in the US House, 202 Democrats, 1 Independent, and 1 vacancy, a clerk for the US House of Representatives told Atlanta Progressive News.
This continues to mark a slow, steady shift towards an impeachment probe. Every few days or so, Atlanta Progressive News has announced new cosponsors for H. Res 635 as the separate debate over Bush’s authorization of illegal domestic wiretapping rages like wildfire.
"There is an awakening, a growing awareness of the deceit of which this administration has been engaged," US Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) told an audience at Cornell University, according to News10Now.com. Hinchey’s "loudest applause came when he mentioned the I-word. He says if Democrats can retake the House, ‘There will be people in the Congress who will bring impeachment actions’," News10Now.com reports.
Previously, Rep. Lewis had said on WAOK radio if a Member of US Congress prepared a bill over Bush’s impeachment due to the wiretapping issue, that he would sign that bill.
Matthew Cardinale is Editor of Atlanta Progressive News. He has written previously for the Sun-Sentinel Newspaper, Shelterforce Magazine, The Advocate Magazine, The San Francisco Bay View, and the Berkeley Daily Planet Newspaper. He has also written for numerous online publications including OpEdNews, BuzzFlash, CommonDreams, AlterNet, RawStory, and TruthOut.
The Enron Scandal, where thousands of hard-working Americans lost their shirt when the company folded and the CEO and his cronies walked away with billions... The lying by George W. Bush and his henchmen about WMD in Iraq and the resulting deaths of nearly 3,000 US Troops, and countless 1,000s of Iraqi citizens all for a little oil in the Middle East... Billions of dollars literally thrown out the window of the Black SUV on Route Irish in Bagdhad for any disreputable con man to collect and do nothing to help the beleaguered country... The outting of a Known CIA operative involved with seeking out WMD programs around the world as a cheap college fraternity stunt by the Vice President, Cheney, pulling a political "payback" for her husband making the President look bad, (as if he needs any help)... The Abramoff Influence Peddling scandal where there are ties to the White House and it has bilked millions out of US citizens... Hurricane Katrina and Rita disater relief completely ignored, resulting in the untimely deaths of hundreds of American citizens, and the displacement of countless thousands more, then blamed on everybody but those immediately in charge... Illegal wiretapping of private citizens without even an attempt at getting a warrant from FISA, then saying it was necessary to help keep America safe from terrorist attack... Meanwhile, Border Patrol guards in California and Texas are having near running gun battles trying to keep armed men in military fatigues driving in Humvees with 50 calibre machine guns strapped to the roof from smuggling drugs over the pourous border. (Want a great scare? Just simply replace the word, "drugs" with "weapons of mass destruction", well - you get the picture!)... and now, on top of all this, Rep. Roberts (R - for retard!) is in cahoots with the White House to CHANGE THE RULES TO MAKE BUSH'S ACTIONS OF THE ILLEGAL WIRETAPPING JUST PEACHY KEEN!!! Let's see, um, and how about the one about the VP shooting his friend in the face and upper torso, then taking 14 hours to actually contact the police AND wait two days before coming clean about the "accident"? Stop me if you've heard this before!
Right now I'm not a Democrat, or a Republican, or an Indepentendt, or a Peace & Freedom Party - or even a Free Beer And Pizza Party member... I'm just an ordinary American citizen who is tired of the lies, abuse of power and spin doctoring that has basically made up the last six years of the Bush presidency. I have had enough of the double-speak, I have had enough of the backstabbing, I don't want to hear anymore that "Clinton did it, so we can do it, too!" Every time I hear that stupid "replacement for thinking" line exiting some power-freak Republican I simply remind them that, "When Clinton lied... nobody died!" I also don't want to hear anymore tripe about how bad Jimmy Carter was. Hey, at least he gives a fig about actually BUILDING HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS! As far as I can see, we just spent 300 million dollars on mobile homes that aren't that mobile! I have had enough of the smashmouth style the party wonks and right-wing talkshow know nothings spewing invective and hatred of everything I hold near and dear in this country: peace, freedom and the pursuit of happiness. And I certainly don't jive with the President of this country putting the Constitution and the Bill Of Rights through the Whitehouse Paper Shreader just because he doesn't like the Checks & Balances! I think it's high time somebody cashed his Check so he can spend the Balance of his time in Club Fed writing apologies to every mother, father, brother, sister and any other family members of every soldier that died in Iraq! And, my friends, THAT is what I am talking about. It would give me no end of satisfaction to see the entire cabinet - from El Prez on down - be frogmarched out of the White House and into a waiting Washington D.C. correctional facility's Blue Bird Special and drag them all off to the hoosgow! But, wait! That would actually require the Republicans to HAVE A GUILTY CONSCIENCE! And, some of them, if not all of them may even be incriminating themselves in the process. It has been a very carefully orchestrated series of events, lately. The Cable News Junkies who hung on every syllable when Terri Shiavo was waiting to talk to God - and Bush hopped a plane to get back to Washington, D.C. - so, where was he during Hurricane Katrina? The same place he was when the CIA memo on Al Kaida came in to the Prez's Rancho Del Taco, you know, the one marked, "Terrorists Plan To Hijack Planes And Crash Them Into The World Trade Center Towers" - oh, yeah, THAT MEMO! I mean, after all, DIDN'T 911 HAPPEN ON GEORGE BUSH'S WATCH? When will his incompetance really be held up to the bare lightbulb? Or, as I sadly fear, is the body politic simply asleep in the Barcalounger, a bowl of stale popcorn in their lap, and the WWF blaring out of their big screen t.v.? I have had enough... And, what I want to know is, when will the rest of America "have enough" too? To coin a phrase from the movie, "Network" where the Howard Beale character is instructing every American to go to their windows, and throw them open, and scream, "I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT, ANYMORE!!!" That's my opinion... could I be wrong? GRIZZ
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