Progressive challenges powerful Dem Harman in CA congressional race

Miriam Raftery
Published: Friday April 28, 2006

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Profile: Progressive activist raises stakes in California race, putting veteran Democrat on defensive

Impeachment Petitions to be Delivered to Speaker Dennis Hastert

At 9:00 a.m. ET on Monday May 1, in Room 235 of the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C., Ellen Tenney, from Rockingham Vermont, will present petitions from towns in Vermont calling for the impeachment of President Bush. The towns each passed resolutions to send the petitions. These petitions are the first few of many from towns across the nation that will be arriving at Congress's door. They are presented under the guidelines of Jefferson's Manual section 603, and will be referred to a House Committee, probably the Judiciary, for consideration."

This guide to passing an anti-war resolution is a good model in most details for passing a pro-impeachment resolution as well.

A Citizen's Guide to Impeachment - David Waldman

Model Impeachment Resolution for City, Town, County, or State

Rules, History, Grounds, Impeachable Offenses, and further legal precedents

Talking Points: Basic, Political

Get organized locally here.

Sample Petition: HTML, Word, PDF

Vermont lawmakers introduce impeachment resolution
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MONTPELIER, Vt. -- At least a dozen legislators are calling for the impeachment of President Bush, making Vermont the second Legislature in the country to take up the issue.

The Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party hosts forum: “Impeachment: Dialogue, Debate, and Action.” Sacramento, California -- April 24, 2006 --

“As California goes, so goes the nation.”

Impeaching Bush, State by State
By Evan Derkacz, AlterNet
Posted on April 26, 2006, Printed on April 26, 2006
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Forget bird flu, impeachment is spreading across the nation, state by state.

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California Becomes Second State to Introduce Bush Impeachment
Submitted by davidswanson on Mon, 2006-04-24 05:23. Impeachment

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Nederland - Tonight, the town's board of trustees will consider a resolution to impeach President Bush.

Strange?

Not really. This is, after all, Nederland, a mountain community of 1,515 west of Boulder, where there are four Democrats for every Republican, where the board of trustees in 2003 passed a resolution opposing the Iraq war, and where the most famous resident is dead and frozen in a Tuff Shed.

Council Joins Impeachment Campaign
By Judith Scherr (04-25-06)

A resolution on tonight’s (Tuesday) City Council agenda, calling on the House of Representatives to impeach President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney, is not just another feel-good Berkeley measure.

Article published Apr 22, 2006
The White House needs to be disinfected
Dave Rossie / Commentary

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AUGUSTA -- The question was whether to accept a resolution to impeach President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

Resolution to Impeach
President George W. Bush and Vice-President Richard B. Cheney

WHEREAS, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney conspired with others to defraud the United States of America by intentionally misleading Congress and the public regarding the threat from Iraq in order to justify a war in violation of 18 USC §371; and

Taking a stand

by Brian Hollander
Jeremy must have been plowing through the old minutes books because he told me that back when I was town supervisor (1988-1991) the town board passed only one resolution dealing with national issues - one supporting our troops that were kicking Saddam out of Kuwait in Iraq I, The Father's War (though the resolution did not support the war itself).

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April 21, 2006
By DANIEL BARLOW Southern Vermont Bureau

NEWFANE — Nearly 70 state legislators have signed on a letter penned by a Windham County representative calling on the U.S. Congress to begin investigations and possibly impeachment proceedings against President Bush.

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Lawmakers call for investigation
By ANDY ROSEN, Reformer Staff

Thursday, April 20
MONTPELIER -- Several members of the state Legislature have joined the call for a federal investigation of President George W. Bush's official actions.

A Crisis Almost Without Equal
Republicans and Democrats alike are starting to face the prospect of what it means to have George W. Bush as their commander in chief for another 33 months -- in a time of war, terrorism, and nuclear intrigue. How can the press contribute to confronting the crisis? First: recognize it exists.

RESOLUTION PROPOSED by Steve Knight and adopted 3-2 by the Woodstock Town Board

April 18, 2006

WHEREAS the American people require and expect that their highest officials be subject to the laws of the land like any citizen, most particularly under the oath taken by them upon assuming the powers of office, and

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4/21/06 - The Kennebec County Democratic Committee became the first county committee in Maine to pass a resolution to impeach President George Bush and Vice-president Richard Cheney. The measure passed with a 28 to 7 vote at the committee’s regular monthly meeting held in Augusta on April 20th.

Tuesday night, over 100 people turned out and stayed late to urge their town board to pass a very strong resolution in support of Congressman Maurice Hinchey and the Conyers bill calling for an investigation of President Bush and Vice President Cheney for high crimes and misdemeanors. I believe Woodstock may be the first town in NY state to vote in support of such a resolution. Let me know if I should email clips and a copy of the res..

State Rep. Karen Yarbrough (D-Maywood) introduces HJR0125 in the Illinois General Assembly, utilizing the Sec. 603 procedure and calling for the impeachment of George W. Bush!

WHEREAS, Section 603 of Jefferson's Manual of the Rules of the United States House of Representatives allows federal impeachment proceedings to be initiated by joint resolution of a state legislature; and