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Impeachment Begins! Preliminary Hearing Friday July 25th

By David Swanson www.afterdowningstreet.org

At 10 a.m. on Friday July 25th, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a preliminary hearing in Rayburn Building Room 2141 on the topic of impeachment, with a presentation by Congressman Dennis Kucinich. This is not yet a true impeachment hearing, but it is our opportunity to push for one, and it represents a tremendous victory after years of effort by millions of Americans who want to keep the Constitution alive. This never would have happened without your hard work. And we can't let up now! The National Impeachment Network is organizing a rally and asking everyone who can to take a day off for justice and meet at 9 a.m. on Friday July 25th in front of the Rayburn House Office Building on the Independence Avenue side. Bring impeachment shirts and posters! For more information contact ningroup@gmail.com.

David Swanson reports that Veterans for Peace had a meeting on impeachment already scheduled with Conyers for the 25th. He notes that they'll be in town and could perhaps take a lead in organizing people.

 He also suggests contacting CodePink for organizing assistance.

WHAT WE CAN DO HERE IN COLORADO: 

1.  Join our weekly impeachment protest this Saturday 7/19 at noon:

http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/event/detail/visibilitysignwaving/4jrxd 

Want to get involved?  Contact: protestinthestreet@yahoo.com 

2.  Contact your Congressional Representative to cosponsor H Res 1258 (35 Articles of Impeachment George W. Bush http://afterdowningstreet.org/bush)

Call at 202-224-3121 and email http://www.democrats.com/35-articles-of-impeachment 

3.  Contact the media to cover the hearing, like independent media does:

Denver Post newsroom: newsroom@denverpost.com 303-954-1201

Rocky Mountain News newsroom: 303-954-5201

4.  Contact the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and urge them to begin impeachment proceedings against Bush and Cheney:

5.  Sign the petition at Congressman Kucinich's website:

http://impeachment.kucinich.us/petition/

Last month, Kucinich introduced 35 articles of impeachment against President Bush in the form of a privileged resolution. 

Kucinich, a former 2008 Democratic presidential candidate, spent four-hours reading the impeachment articles into the Congressional Record last month. He accused the commander-in-chief of a wide range of high crimes and misdemeanors, such as lying to Congress and the public to win support for the Iraq war.

The impeachment articles introduced by Kucinich last month took place a few days after the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released a long-awaited report on prewar Iraq intelligence that concluded President Bush and Vice President Cheney knowingly lied to the public and to Congress about Iraq's links to al-Qaeda and the threat the country posed to the U.S. in the aftermath of 9/11. 

“These articles of impeachment are about accountability,” Kucinich said. “I think our country is at risk. We’re setting a terrible precedent for future administrations if we choose to turn a blind eye to the crimes committed by this administration."

The House of Representatives referred the Bush articles of impeachment to the Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI).

Conyers has yet to release a public statement on the motion, but has in the past not been supportive of impeachment efforts. The resolution to impeach Cheney, which Kucinich presented in April 2007, remains stalled in the committee he chairs.

(To read the original news article, click here:

http://www.pubrecord.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=189:kucinich-to-introduce-new-article-of-impeachment-against-bush-thursday&catid=12:politics&Itemid=16)

OUTRAGED ABOUT THE OIL WAR LIES AND DEATHS, DOMESTIC SPYING, IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT DUE PROCESS, AND TORTURE?  HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO:

Tell our Colorado U.S. Senators and Representatives to remember the oath of office they took, promising to uphold the Constitution.  Tell them to support impeachment hearings: 

http://www.democrats.com/impeach 

Contact the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and urge them to begin impeachment proceedings against Bush and Cheney:

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/judiciarycommittee  

Join our local Impeach Colorado Coalition's weekly honk-to-impeach protests:

http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/event/detail/visibilitysignwaving/4jrxy

Read more:

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/bushaction

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/cheneyaction

The time is always right to do what is right. - Martin Luther King, Jr.