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So, what do we do now?
Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007, Kucinich introduced H Res 333 as a privileged resolution. It survived an attempt to table (kill) it. It was referred to the House Judiciary Committee: Live Blog and video of what happened.
Kucinich's post-introduction statement.
Waffling reaction from Conyers' committee via BradBlog:
"The Committee has a very busy agenda - over the next two weeks, we hope to pass a FISA bill, to vote on contempt of Congress citations, pass legislation on prisoner re-entry, court security and a variety of other very important items. We were surprised that the minority was so ready to move forward with consideration of a matter of such complexity as impeaching the Vice President. The Chairman will discuss today's vote with the Committee members but it would seem evident that the committee staff should continue to consider, as a preliminary matter, the many abuses of this Administration, including the Vice President."
Take Action: Contact the House Judiciary Committee.
Congressman Dennis Kucinich, whose bill to impeach Cheney has 22 sponsors, introduced his resolution as planned on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6.
Read "It's Time to Impeach Cheney" by Dennis Kucinich.
Watch Dennis in a short video, and another one.
Here's report from Nov. 5 conference call with Kucinich.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/28469
Eighty-six Congress Members showed a level of support for impeachment today by voting against tabling Congressman Kucinich's resolution. That indicates the strength of constituent pressure in opposition to the leadership's position. The resolution is back in the same committee but with more momentum now. The media is more aware. The public is more aware. Congressman Kucinich is fired up and ready to introduce new resolutions on both Cheney and Bush. Congress heard from the public in massive numbers - the phones on the hill were jammed. And the public is energized. The intense lobbying that a day like this one inspires may combine with the polling results to begin to open the Democratic leadership's eyes to the electoral danger of not backing impeachment. I think we should urge all the talk shows to give the Republicans the impeachment debate they wanted
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll1039.xml
H RES 799 RECORDED VOTE 6-Nov-2007 4:32 PM
QUESTION: On Motion to Refer the Resolution
BILL TITLE: A resolution raising a question of the privileges of the House.
Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich are on opposite sides on this vote.
4:41 The motion to send it to the Judiciary Committee passed with only about 5 Dems voting No and 3 Republicans voting Yes. Presumably the 86 Dems who voted No on tabling believed that to be enough to appease their constituents, while 5 Dems actually had integrity enough to put the Constitution ahead of Pelosi and Hoyer. There was no discussion of a time limit for the Judiciary Committee to report back (even though there are precedents for insisting on one with impeachment resolutions). This bill has, of course, ALREADY been in the Judiciary Committee for months, and that committee has done nothing with it.
You'd think if offense (rather than defense) ever entered Pelosi and Hoyer's heads, they'd want to put an hour of Cheney-bashing debate on TV. But they want at all costs to avoid impeachment, and you can't debate the substance of the charges against Cheney without making an obvious case for impeachment.
Roll call. These 5 Dems voted right: Filner, Kaptur, Kucinich, Waters, Towns.
Do you see that? Ron Paul is voting no for 'tabling' the resolution which opens a window of 'debate' on the resolution. This is censorship. This is business as usual. Power politics; hide, deceive, cover-up, apologize, and render the people powerless.
What is the harm in coming out of the closet?
The laundry is certainly in need of cleaning.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2218064
I called asked if Rep Paul was going to be present to vote, and if so how would he vote on HR 333. I was immediately regaled-inindated by a litany of Rep Pauls past votes against the war etc etc. I asked again the same question. he finally said he wasn't sure if Paul would vote, but that if he did it would be against it, because the bill was 'flawed'. I said that I was aware of the futility and shortcomings, but that at this stage of the game it was important that a STRONG message be sent, one that said 'ignore this at your own peril'. The pencil-neck then informed me that I obviously was ignorant of the great things Paul had done in the past, and asked again where I was calling from and didn't I didn't understand that the Bill addressed the wrong person. I took a deep breath and asked him if Paul didn't consider Cheney the main architect and plan manager of the Iraq war? The geek went right back to the first script he read.
I told him that I never missed an election and he could count on me working overtime to defeat Mr. Paul in any future elections, even for dog catcher!
FUCK RON PAUL!!!!! and gawd help the first sonuvabitch who I run into face to face who supports him!
An explanation from Ron Paul and not from heresy is in order.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Ron+Paul+votes+on+333
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcwXnSVcLN4&eurl=http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/28469&from=50&comments_per_page=50
Last edited on Wed Nov 7th, 2007 03:06 pm by Joe Kelley