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Betreff:
Impeachment ON
The Table, Iraq Funds OFF |
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Von: Democrats.com |
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Datum: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:21:49 -0500 |
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Put Impeachment ON The Table of the House Judiciary
Committee
Kucinich is
urging Judiciary Chairman John Conyers to start hearings immediately because Cheney is desperately manipulating the National Intelligence
Estimate on Iran to justify a U.S. attack, just as he did with the pre-war
NIE on Iraq. But Judiciary Democrats are deeply divided on impeachment, with Robert Wexler (FL-19) calling for immediate
impeachment hearings, while fellow Palm Beacher Debbie Wasserman
Schultz (FL-20), who is close to Speaker
Pelosi, told Ed Schultz she adamantly opposes hearings. So what do we do next to move impeachment forward? 1. Email all of the Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee: 2. If you live in the district of a House Judiciary Committee member,
call their office and tell them you're a constituent and you want immediate hearings
on H.Res. 333. Then join your Congressional District Impeachment Committee http://democrats.com/cdic-find 3. If your Congress Member is not on Judiciary, ask them to cosponsor
H Res 333: 4. Ask pollsters to poll the public on impeachment, especially of
Cheney: http://www.democrats.com/impeachment-poll-petition 5. Watch for updates and notice of a national conference call with
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Take Iraq Funds OFF The Table George Bush insists Congress give him $200 billion more to continue
the disastrous occupation of Iraq into 2009, and promises to veto any bill
that requires him to bring our troops home. That means he will reject Speaker
Pelosi's new plan to provide $50 billion more with a "goal" to
bring most troops to come home in 2008. George Bush is defying the will of the American people, who elected a
Democratic Congress in 2006 to end the occupation, not to fund it. The latest
CNN poll (11/8/07) shows an overwhelming 68%-31% majority now opposed to the
Iraq occupation. Since Bush will veto any legislation to end the occupation, Congress
has no power except to "Just Say No" to any more funds. Speaker
Pelosi can do exactly what she did on impeachment - take Iraq funds
OFF the table and refuse to hold a vote on any additional Iraq
funding. If Democrats "Just Say No," Bush will try to blame Democrats
for leaving soldiers on the battlefield without bullets. Of course that's
absurd - even without another penny, it would be George Bush's obligation as
Commander-in-Chief to use existing funds to bring our troops home in a safe
and orderly fashion. And if he needs any additional funds, Congress will
provide them in a heartbeat. But if Democrats "Just Say No" and Bush steals funds from
other programs to keep our troops in Iraq indefinitely, or delays their
withdrawal and leaves them exposed to unnecessary harm, it would be the
obligation of Congress to impeach him immediately. So tell Congress: No More Funds for Iraq _________ Harry Reid Confirms Mukasey in "Midnight
Massacre"
The vote was 53-40, with six Democrats joining every single Republican
- Evan Bayh, Tom Carper, Dianne Feinstein, Mary Landrieu, Ben Nelson, and
Chuck Schumer. (Schumer ignored urgent calls and emails from thousands of his
constituents, and his staff refused
to meet with activists outside his office.) The
four Senate Democrats running for President, who were all opposed, were out
campaigning - but Reid refused to delay the vote to give them time to return. If he had, there could have been 44 votes for a filibuster to block
Mukasey's confirmation. Reid rushed the vote because he cut a deal with Republicans to
avoid delays on the $459 Defense Appropriations bill (not including Iraq
funds), so Bush couldn't attack Democrats during the upcoming battle over
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