Washington State resolution for impeachment of Bush

[upi402]

Impeachment Is Underway in Washington State

State Senator Eric Oemig's resolution calling on the Washington State
Legislature to petition the U.S. House has a number (SJM 8016) and a
hearing has been scheduled for March 1.

On February 20, 850 people showed up for an impeachment forum in
Olympia with authors David Lindorff, Ray McGovern and Elizabeth de la Vega.
Senator Oemig spoke about his resolution, and we were honored by the
presence of Rachel Corrie's parents, Lt. Ehren Watada and James Yee. It
was an amazing event, by all accounts. You won't want to miss the next
one!

RALLY AND HEARING SCHEDULED:
A Senate Committee hearing has been scheduled for March 1st, 3:30 p.m.,
in hearing room 2 of the Cherberg Bldg. There will be a peaceful rally
for impeachment and investigations on the Capitol steps at 1:00 p.m.
Please come to the rally and the hearing to support Senator Oemig's
resolution. Please TAKE CHARGE and charter a bus to Olympia with your
friends and classmates! Take the opportunity to visit with your
representatives personally during the day.

THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO SCORE A SIGNIFICANT VICTORY FOR DEMOCRACY IN
WASHINGTON STATE!

Please contact your WA State Senators to ask them to support SJM 8016.
It is imperative that you continue to write to your Representatives to
ask for a sponsor for a companion bill in the WA State House. Find
contact information for Washington Legislators here:
http://hdc.leg.wa.gov/rosters.asp

[Prophet 451]

1. Out of curiosity

How many states have to pass resolutions for impeachment before Congress is forced to impeach?

[Peace Patriot]

2. According to Jefferson's Rules, ONLY ONE STATE is needed to submit a

privileged bill of impeachment to the US House, to initiate impeachment proceedings. But of course the more the better! New Mexico's resolution just got reported out of committee. And--in previous sessions--bills were submitted in Illinois, California, and at least two other states. I believe Illinois was the first. (A black woman rep there--Yeager?--discovered the rule. Vermont passed a letter calling for impeachment, and, after Yeager's discovery, was working on converting into a bill to submit to the US House. Don't know progress of that.)

Also interesting, a federal Grand Jury has the power to submit such a bill to the US House. (A privileged bill means the House must stop all business to consider it. Where it goes from there is up to the leadership.)

Now think about this--and think big (why not?): Four or five state legislatures pass bills of impeachment and submit them to the US House. Special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald meanwhile works with a DC Grand Jury to write a report on his investigation, which names Dick Cheney--and possibly Bush also--as "unindicted co-conspirators" in the Plame and Brewster-Jennings outings, either submits it to the US House, calling for an impeachment proceeding, or just makes it public, for Congress to use in the state-initiated proceedings.

And while many wallow in despair of this ever happening, just know that it IS possible--that, in fact, Thomas Jefferson designed the Rules of Congress for exactly this circumstance (an out of control president, a timid Congress)--that we, the People, have a role to play in making it possible (Jefferson counted on us!), and that the damage to the states that Bush/Cheney have inflicted in so many ways has been very great, and the evidence that has emerged against Cheney in the Libby trial has been devastating. (Cheney told Libby, Libby told the press, and Libby INVENTED stories, and lied to the FBI and the GJ, to cover this up--all there in the evidence.) (There is also some implication of Bush--at least in crimes of omission--but of course the Plame/B-J outing is not the only thing Bush is guilty of.)

High crimes and misdemeanors of the gravest possible import.

[Prophet 451]

3. Can we sing the "na na" song yet?

Marvellous idea: Let's impeach the bastard! The crimes and evidence are out in the open, he doesn't even deny much of it.