Congressman Robert Brady, (D., PA), who represents portions of Philadelphia, on Tuesday signed on as a cosponsor of House Resolution 333, articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney.

By David Swanson

Congressman Sam Farr (D., Calif.) is the latest member of Congress to respond to intense pressure from his constituents and co-sponsor H Res 333, articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney. The official list of co-sponsors at thomas.loc.gov includes 11 names, plus the original sponsor Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D., Ohio). That makes 12. In addition, Congressman Bob Filner (D., Calif.) has said he will sign on, and has said so publicly in media interviews including this one: http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/news/0189.html

Congressional support of Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich's H. Res. 333 impeachment resolution of Richard B. Cheney continues to grow. The pace of support has quickened over the past two weeks, with eleven congressional representatives, including Representative Kucinich, co-sponsoring the resolution.

By David Swanson

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Chair of the Out of Iraq Caucus, has joined Congresswomen Barbara Lee and Lynn Woolsey, the two Co-Chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, as well as Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Chief Deputy Whip and a member of the Steering and Policy Committee, and Congress Members Yvette Clarke, William Lacy Clay, Albert Wynn, and Dennis Kucinich in cosponsoring Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney (H. Res. 333). For details, see: http://impeachcheney.org

Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, has joined Lynn Woolsey, the other Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and Congress Members Yvette Clarke, Jan Schakowsky, William Lacy Clay, Albert Wynn, and Dennis Kucinich in cosponsoring Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney (H. Res. 333). For details, see: http://impeachcheney.org

By David Swanson

Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, has joined Congress Members Yvette Clarke, Jan Schakowsky, William Lacy Clay, Albert Wynn, and Dennis Kucinich in cosponsoring Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney (H. Res. 333). For details, see: http://impeachcheney.org

Great Barrington (MA) voters overwhelmingly approved (by a vote of over 100 for to 3 against) an impeachment resolution at their town meeting after a thorough and wide-ranging discussion of Bush and Cheney's high crimes and misdemeanors. John Lippman, who spearheaded the initiative, remarked: "There was much exuberance during and after the vote and clearly those voters who approved the item felt that they were part of something bigger then just what happened in our little town this evening. It felt like most people had their intentions clear when they arrived and the level of support took me by surprise."

Oberlin, Ohio may become the first city in Ohio to have its City Council pass an petition calling on the U.S. House to impeach Bush and Cheney.

The issue was put before the Council May 7. More than 600 residents' signatures will be presented on May 21 and the Council will then discuss and vote.

Why Congress Should Get the Spike-Strips Out ... Now
Written by Stephen P. Pizzo

Events undergo a kind of gestation process. What they appear to be the day they occur is almost never what they grow up over time to become.

Vermont Impeachment Campaign Blossoms
James Marc Leas

ImageThe grass roots movement for impeaching Bush and Cheney blossomed in Vermont when nearly 400 Vermonters from 102 towns descended on the State House on April 25 to encourage Representatives to pass a resolution initiating the impeachment of Bush and Cheney.

MaineCoastNow.com reports: ROCKPORT (ME) — A pair of Waldo County women spent about twenty minutes at the dump on Union Street Friday afternoon, April 20, gathering signatures for a presidential impeachment effort before leaving after police asked them to not stop traffic.

With no discussion and only a few dissents, the community of Leverett, MA, home of the New England Peace Pagoda, passed a resolution to impeach Bush and Cheney at the annual town meeting on April 28, 2007.

Demos defeat measure seeking impeachment
By Elaine Jarvik
Deseret Morning News

With one of their own serving as the county's mayor and the U.S. Congress now in their party's hands, Salt Lake County Democrats were in an upbeat mood Saturday at their annual convention.

ANOTHER HISTORIC STEP ON IMPEACHMENT

Sparked by an insurgency among delegates, the California Democratic Party has taken an historic step forward on the issue of impeachment. In a resolution affirmed by the full state party convention Sunday, the Democrats called on the U.S. Congress to use its subpoena power to investigate misdeeds of President Bush and Vice President Cheney – and to hold the Administration accountable “with appropriate remedies and punishment, including impeachment.” The delegate insurgency was coordinated by Progressive Democrats of America and its allies.

Impeachment resolutions are blooming in Massachusetts, the "Cradle of Liberty." In Berkshire County alone, five Massachusetts communities will be voting resolutions for impeachment of George W. Bush and Richard E. Cheney at their May, 2007 Annual Town Meetings: Cheshire, Great Barrington, Lanesboro, Lee, and Stockbridge.

Jonathan Saltzman of the Boston Globe reports:

Declaring that the Bush administration's actions in foreign and domestic affairs raise "serious questions of constitutionality," Vermont state senators voted yesterday to call for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney in what officials say was the first such vote by state lawmakers in the country.

Without debate, the Democratic-controlled Senate voted 16 to 9 in favor of the nonbinding resolution, which urges US Representative Peter Welch, a Democrat, to introduce a resolution in the House of Representatives to initiate impeachment proceedings.

Vermont's congressional delegation, which includes Welch and Senators Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders, promptly rejected the call.

They issued a statement saying that the three shared the anger of many Vermonters with the Bush administration, "one of the worst and most destructive in American history."

But, they said that, for the first time since Bush took office, Congress is investigating several of the administration's key actions, ranging from the decision to invade Iraq to the recent firings of eight US attorneys.

WCAX-TV reports from Burlington, Vermont:

April 21, 2007 - A day after the Vermont Senate voted to impeach the President, supporters are now calling on the house to follow suit.

By John Nichols, The Nation

When Nancy Pelosi announced last fall that impeachment was "off the table," official Washington accepted that the primary avenue for holding lawless Presidents to account had been closed off by the new Speaker of the House. But the Republic's citizenry has not been so inclined. And now, with the Administration's troubles mounting, they're preparing to tell Pelosi that America and the world cannot wait until January 20, 2009, to put an end to Bush's reign of error. When Pelosi arrives at the California Democratic Convention in San Diego on April 28--the same day that activists nationwide will rally for presidential accountability--she'll find on the agenda a resolution that declares that the actions of President Bush and Vice President Cheney "warrant impeachment and trial, and removal from office." Delegates are expected to endorse the measure.

By Shay Totten, Vermont Guardian

MONTPELIER — The Vermont Senate this morning approved by a 16-9 margin a resolution calling on the U.S. House to launch impeachment proceedings of Pres. George W. Bush and Vice Pres. Dick Cheney.