Impeach Bush - H.Res.635

Impeach Bush - H.Res.635
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On Dec. 18, 2005, Representative John Conyers submitted a bill, HRes 635, to the House. The bill calls for "Creating 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."

Please contact your Representative and ask them to co-sponsor this bill.

This could be the start of some real progress. The bill is currently sitting in the House Rules Committee because a new rule must be made to form the Select Committee. Expect the Republicans on the committee to simply sit on this bill and prevent a vote. It is important that we pressure the committee members to pass the bill to the floor for a house vote. The Rules committee members are below. If you see your Congressperson in this list then please ask them to approve H.Res.635.

Republicans: Chairman David Dreier (CA), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL), Doc Hastings (WA), Pete Sessions (TX), Adam Putnam, (FL), Shelley Moore Capito (WV), Tom Cole (OK), Rob Bishop (UT) Phil Gingrey (GA)

Democrats: Louise Mcintosh Slaughter (NY) - Ranking Minority Member, Alcee Hastings (FL), Doris O. Matsui (CA), James P. Mcgovern (MA)

2/9/06 - I spoke with a very nice staff person in the Rules Committee office. She said the bill was not scheduled for a vote. That would require action by the "leadership", which is the new House Majority Leader John Boehner, Chairman Dreier, the Majority Whip Roy Blunt and others. The Rules committee was waiting to see what legislation the new Majority Leader was going to push. If the bill sits idle for over a working month then it will probably not be voted on. In that case the only way to get it to the floor is to have a discharge petition signed by 218 Representatives (majority+1). I then spoke to a nice man in John Boehner's office. He said the Majority leader doesn't normally promote individual bills. I encouraged him to ask Mr. Boehner to ask for a vote on HRes 635 in the Rules Committee in the new spirit of reform.
Resources

* Status and text of HRes 635

* Summary of Bills related to Impeachment

* Conyers Blog Entry describing 635, 636 and 637
* "25 US Reps Want Bush Impeachment Inquiry" by Matthew Cardinale, Atlanta Progressive News

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