Impeachment

By David Swanson

This day has been long coming. The graphs have shown it would soon be upon us: Now, here we are. With this new Harris poll, available through the Wall Street Journal, President Bush claims the titlelong held by Richard Nixon: Least Liked President Ever (or at least since there have been polls). And this data comes to us from before the USA Today reported on Bush’s NSA secretly monitoring our phone records.

Bush’s approval rating is now at 29%, and disapproval at read more

By David Swanson

There are now 37 Congress Members backing an investigation into grounds for impeachment related to the war. Rep. Hilda Solis has joined the list of cosponsors of House Resolution 635, introduced by Congressman John Conyers.
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This compares to 17 members backing Rep. Jim McGovern’s bill to cut off funding for the war.
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Why are 20 more members on one of these bills than on the other?

Well, public disapproval read more

Impeachment Petitions to be Delivered to Speaker Dennis Hastert at 9 a.m., Monday, May 1

At 9:00 a.m. ET on Monday, May 1, “Mission Accomplished Day,” in Room 235 of the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C., Ellen Tenney of Rockingham, Vermont, will present the Speaker of the House with petitions from three towns in Vermont calling for the impeachment of President Bush. The towns each passed resolutions to send the petitions.

These are the first of many petitions from towns, read more

By David Swanson

We should impeach Vice President Dick Cheney first, and President George Bush immediately thereafter. This idea is not original with me. It’s been seen on bumper stickers for quite some time. My attention has been called to it by the fact that Congresswoman and Judiciary Committee Member Maxine Waters is talking about it. See below.

I’m persuaded of thevalue of this approach for several reasons. Among activists who very much want impeachment, one can hear a long read more

By David Swanson

Joining Illinois, California has become the second state in which a proposal to impeach President Bush has been introduced in the state legislature. And this one includes Cheney as well.

California Assemblyman Paul Koretz of Los Angeles (where the LA Times has now called for Cheney’s resignation) has submitted amendments to Assembly Joint Resolution No. 39, calling for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney. The amendments reference read more

If you have XM Satelite Radio, tune it to Channel 169 The Power today at noon ET to hear Ambrose Lane Sr. interview Congressman John Conyers. At 12:45, Ambrose will interview David Swanson and take calls up until 3 p.m. ET.