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Hearing held on Bush impeachment
Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:26:52
House Judiciary Committee holds hearings for the impeachment of President George W. Bush after repeated calls by Dem. Dennis Kucinich.
The House Judiciary Committee held a debate on Friday in response to consecutive calls by Kucinich and other Democrats charging Bush with unconstitutional 'high crimes and misdemeanors. '
They have also charged Bush with 'culpability for leading the country to war under false pretenses', authorizing torture of prisoners and ignoring congressional oversight powers.
Democratic congressman Robert Wexler told the hearing of the Judiciary Committee, 'Faced with this litany of wrongful actions, I am convinced that the most appropriate response to this unprecedented behavior is to hold hearings for impeachment. '
Kucinich said, "Americans have been waiting for Congress to hold the President accountable for his long list of misdeeds and misrepresentations. This hearing is a long overdue first step."
Republicans have called the meeting a waste of time with Texas Republican Rep. Lamar Smith saying, "Nothing is going to come out of this hearing with regard to impeachment of the president. I know it, the media knows it, even the speaker knows it."
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From the International Liaison Committee for a Workers International:
Statement from Cindy Sheehan, independent candidate for U.S. Congress, on the Non-Impeachment Impeachment Hearings of the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, DC
(Friday, July 25, 2008 -- 2 p.m. EST)
I got up at 6:30 a.m. this morning so that I could get into the hearings of the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C. -- and I sat through the hearings. I think they should have been real impeachment hearings and not sham hearings about the abuse of executive power.
Still, I recognize it was a baby step in the right direction -- and I think that our Cindy Sheehan For Congress candidacy in San Francisco was the tipping point that pushed Nancy Pelosi to say that hearings could happen.
A lot of good information was presented at the hearings, and some very strong, very incredible witnesses testified. Toward the end, when Vince Bugliosi stated before the Committee that there should be justice for the more than 4,000 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, I stood up and stated loudly, "Thank you" to Mr. Bugliosi -- as my son Casey was one of those soldiers who died because of lies and deception by George Bush and Dick Cheney.
Immediately, Committee Chairman John Conyers told the audience that his colleagues were urging him to take action. I then said loudly, "I urge you all to take action." That is when Chairman Conyers kicked me out of the hearings.
Yes. We need real impeachment hearings. We need Congress to take action against Bush, Cheney and all those in the administration who lied, abused their power, and violated the precious rights enshrined in our Constitution.
Hearing held on Bush impeachment
Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:26:52
House Judiciary Committee holds hearings for the impeachment of President George W. Bush after repeated calls by Dem. Dennis Kucinich.
The House Judiciary Committee held a debate on Friday in response to consecutive calls by Kucinich and other Democrats charging Bush with unconstitutional 'high crimes and misdemeanors. '
They have also charged Bush with 'culpability for leading the country to war under false pretenses', authorizing torture of prisoners and ignoring congressional oversight powers.
Democratic congressman Robert Wexler told the hearing of the Judiciary Committee, 'Faced with this litany of wrongful actions, I am convinced that the most appropriate response to this unprecedented behavior is to hold hearings for impeachment. '
Kucinich said, "Americans have been waiting for Congress to hold the President accountable for his long list of misdeeds and misrepresentations. This hearing is a long overdue first step."
Republicans have called the meeting a waste of time with Texas Republican Rep. Lamar Smith saying, "Nothing is going to come out of this hearing with regard to impeachment of the president. I know it, the media knows it, even the speaker knows it."
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From the International Liaison Committee for a Workers International:
Statement from Cindy Sheehan, independent candidate for U.S. Congress, on the Non-Impeachment Impeachment Hearings of the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, DC
(Friday, July 25, 2008 -- 2 p.m. EST)
I got up at 6:30 a.m. this morning so that I could get into the hearings of the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C. -- and I sat through the hearings. I think they should have been real impeachment hearings and not sham hearings about the abuse of executive power.
Still, I recognize it was a baby step in the right direction -- and I think that our Cindy Sheehan For Congress candidacy in San Francisco was the tipping point that pushed Nancy Pelosi to say that hearings could happen.
A lot of good information was presented at the hearings, and some very strong, very incredible witnesses testified. Toward the end, when Vince Bugliosi stated before the Committee that there should be justice for the more than 4,000 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, I stood up and stated loudly, "Thank you" to Mr. Bugliosi -- as my son Casey was one of those soldiers who died because of lies and deception by George Bush and Dick Cheney.
Immediately, Committee Chairman John Conyers told the audience that his colleagues were urging him to take action. I then said loudly, "I urge you all to take action." That is when Chairman Conyers kicked me out of the hearings.
Yes. We need real impeachment hearings. We need Congress to take action against Bush, Cheney and all those in the administration who lied, abused their power, and violated the precious rights enshrined in our Constitution.
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