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14 Aug
August 12, 2008
By Jason Leopold and Alan Breslauer
The Public Record
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s appearance Wednesday at a West Los Angeles college to discuss her recently published book was marred by dozens of protestors and several angry outbursts by audience members who demanded Pelosi immediately authorize a House committee to hold impeachment hearings against […]
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27 Jul
July 25, 2008
By Keith Perine
Appearing at an acrimonious committee hearing spurred by his efforts to begin a House impeachment inquiry, Ohio Democratic Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich said President Bush should be held accountable for leading the nation into an unwarranted invasion of Iraq.
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25 Jul
July 25, 2008
by John Nichols
As the House Judiciary Committee took up the question of how best to address what its chairman described as “the Imperial Presidency of George W. Bush,” it was the ranking Republican in the room, Iowa Congressman Steve King, who observed that, “We are here having impeachment hearings before the Judiciary Committee.”
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24 Jul
Rep. Dennis Kucinich has led the fight for impeachment since April 2007, when he courageously introduced 3 Articles of Impeachment (H.Res. 333/799) against Vice President Cheney. On June 10, Kucinich introduced 35 Articles of Impeachment (H.Res. 1258) against President Bush.
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21 Jul
NATIONAL IMPEACHMENT NETWORK
Come to DC for this Historic Moment:
“Hearing on the Imperial Presidency of George W. Bush”
July 22-24 “Impeachment Lobbying Days”
July 25 House of Representatives
9 a.m. “Choose the Constitution” Press Conference & Rally
Rayburn Building, Independence Avenue
10 a.m. Hearing on the Imperial Presidency of George W. Bush
[…]
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20 Jul
Nine Reasons to Investigate War Crimes Now
July 18, 2008
By Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith
Retired General Antonio Taguba, the officer who led the Army’s investigation into Abu Ghraib, recently wrote in the preface to the new report, Broken laws, Broken Lives:
Posted in crimes, Gonzales/Mukasey, Dick Cheney, Condoleeza Rice, war crimes, George W Bush, 9/11, neocon coup, articles of impeachment, House Judiciary Committee, Nancy Pelosi, Dennis Kucinich, John Conyers, Constitution, Robert Wexler, torture, high crimes, Supreme Court, Yoo/Addington/Feith, habeas corpus by: emiwest
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18 Jul
July 18, 2008
By Jason Leopold
Rebuffing Dennis Kucinich’s calls for impeachment hearings on George W. Bush, the House Judiciary Committee instead will hear testimony about Bush’s “imperial presidency” and several of his administration’s scandals.
Posted in Dick Cheney, war crimes, articles of impeachment, Iraq, House Judiciary Committee, Nancy Pelosi, John Conyers, torture, Bush Administration, Valerie Plame, "war on terror", "imperial presidency", congressional investigations, Ashcroft by: emiwest
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17 Jul
July 16, 2008
by John Nichols
Impeachment is on the table.
But Congress is not allowed to bite.
Posted in crimes, Dick Cheney, George W Bush, articles of impeachment, House Judiciary Committee, Dennis Kucinich, John Conyers, Constitution, accountability by: emiwest
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10 Jul
July 10, 2008
by John Nichols
As Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich moved a “privileged resolution” to force House to consider the question of whether President Bush should be impeached for lying to Congress and the American people about the reasons for invading and occupying Iraq, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi surprised almost everyone by suggesting that the […]
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05 Jul
From Wikipedia.org
July 4, 2008
“The barbaric policies of George W Bush”
Main article: Impeachment in the United States
To impeach the President of the United States, a majority of the United States House of Representatives must agree to pass a resolution that alleges the President committed “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” This impeachment resolution is […]
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