Monday, March 10, 2008

Another Congress Member Signs Onto Cheney Impeachment Bill

Last week Congressman Pete Stark from California's 13th District signed onto H.Res 333 Impeaching Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

That makes 26 co-sponsors plus the original sponsor, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (OH-10).

Here's the bill's complete text.

An excerpt:
"In his conduct while Vice President of the United States, Richard B. Cheney, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of Vice President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, purposely manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the citizens and Congress of the United States about an alleged relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda in order to justify the use of the United States Armed Forces against the nation of Iraq in a manner damaging to our national security interests, to wit:

(1) Despite all evidence to the contrary, the Vice President actively and systematically sought to deceive the citizens and the Congress of the United States about an alleged relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda......"

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