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A Letter from Dennis Kucinich: IT'S TIME TO IMPEACH CHENEY
Special to Impeach Cheney Organization

As a member of Congress, I have sworn an oath to defend the Constitution and the laws of our nation, and I have pledged to represent the views of my constituents and of all Americans.

That’s why I feel both duty and sorrow in pursuing the path of impeachment against Vice President Richard B. Cheney.

While the impeachment movement has generated intensely strong sentiment and activism, there have been only two polls published on the question of impeaching Vice President Cheney. In a national poll, 54 percent of Americans favored impeachment. In one state poll, 64 percent of Vermonters favored impeaching the Vice President.

Twenty-one of my colleagues have heeded the public demand and signed on as cosponsors of my resolution, H Res 333 — 799. Others in the Congress have claimed they have more important priorities, but have told their constituents they will keep their views in mind if the matter ever comes up for a vote.

Well, the issue is came up for a vote this week on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, and the “distraction” will require members to balance their priorities between Constitutionally proscribed justice and recourse and the alternative: Constitutional abuse and dictatorial power. Only by taking up impeachment can we re-institute a balance of powers and slow down the rush to launch a new war of aggression against Iran.— Click the pic to read it all, see a video of Dennis explaining his move for impeachment, a video for Republicans, and for more information! —

I am urging my colleagues to recognize that impeachment will not create a crisis by briefly disrupting their schedules on Capitol Hill. The crisis, as Americans outside the Beltway know, is upon us. Congress, the first branch of our government, to which the first half of the Constitution is devoted, has been reduced to almost a bystander as the policies of the wealthiest nation and the largest military ever known are set in secret by the Vice President's office. Under Bush/Cheney, we have become a nation that illegally threatens and launches aggressive wars for political — not national security — reasons. For this crisis of confidence, this denial of our Constitutional beliefs and rights, impeachment is the only cure available.

I urge you, my fellow citizens, to share your sentiments with Members of Congress and with your family, friends, and the news media in support regarding the rule of law and the imperative of impeaching a vice president who has misled both the public and the Congress about the gravest matters possible: war and peace. Please join with organizations like the Impeach Cheney Organization, After Downing Street Organization, Impeach Them, and others, in making your voices heard as soon as possible! Every individual Member of Congress will have to decide within days where they stand.

On Tuesday, when I introduced my privileged resolution to force this issue to a vote, some member of Congress moved to table — kill — it. A Yes vote to table is a vote to delay the enforcement of the rule of law aside. A No vote to table is a vote to give impeachment a chance for a full and fair hearing. Please help me get this message out.

And, please help me sustain and expand YOUR platform on this and other issues by voting for me.

Right now, before the primaries and the caucuses and February’s Super Tuesday, your vote — TODAY — can change the tenor and direction of public debate by letting the other candidates, Congressional leaders, and political power-brokers know that some issues are too important to side-step, table, or ignore. You know what you believe and what you stand for.

Now, today, your phone call may mean more than ever again.

Thank you for everything you are doing. Now is the moment to step forward, whatever the challenge or struggle. Now is the moment in which we must preserve and defend our Republic by using the tools that its authors provided. Tell your Congressional Representative what you think. Tell the nation — phone to tell the House Judiciary Committee members — what you believe. Let's save our pessimism for better times.

Peace, Dennis
[Editor's Note: Mr. Kucinich's letter is revised for timeliness.

Stay tuned to ImpeachThem.com, After Downing Street Organization, and Strike08.com. As soon as we learn more details we will post them immediately. NOW's the time to put pressure on all representatives, and tell them I support only those candidates who are on board with impeachment and Dennis Kucinich's HR 333 — 799 to impeach Cheney. CALL NOW — SPECIALLY the House Judiciary Committee members — see below — and here are toll-free phone numbers you can use to call congressional offices in DC: 866.340.9281 — 866.338.1015 — 877.851.6437 — 800.828.0498 — 800.459.1887 — 800.614.2803 — 800.862.5530 — 800.833.6354 Don't wait for tomorrow, call right now, this second — jam the capitol switchboard with our demand to restore justice and reclaim democracy. IMPEACH THE BUSH GANG!

Impeach Cheney Organization — 7 November 2007 — by David Swanson — • Impeachment Next Step: Judiciary Committee HEARINGS • — THANKS TO DENNIS KUCINICH, TUESDAY WAS AN HISTORIC DAY FOR IMPEACHMENT! As promised, Kucinich requested a floor vote on H.Res. 333, and as expected, BushDemocrat Leader Steny Hoyer moved to table — kill — the bill. And then all hell broke loose as 165 Republicans voted with Kucinich and 85 other brave Democrats to force a debate on impeachment and thereby embarrass Nancy Pelosi.

To block that debate, Hoyer moved to send H.Res. 333 — 799 back to the Judiciary Committee, and that motion passed with the support of all but 5 Democrats (Kucinich, Bob Filner, Marcy Kaptur, Maxine Waters, and Ed Towns). A live blog of the proceedings is posted at Impeach Cheney Organization.

So what do we do next to move impeachment forward?
1. Call the House Judiciary Committee at 202-225-3951, and use the toll-free phone numbers above to connect to the committee and demand hearings on H.Res. 333 — 799.

2. Email — click — all of the Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee.

3. If you live in the district of a House Judiciary Committee member, call the office and tell them you're a constituent and you want immediate hearings on H.Res. 333 — 799. Then join your — click — Congressional District Impeachment Committee and organize a — click — HonkToImpeach rally. in front of your Representative's district office. Then keep up the pressure on your Representative every way you can, including letters to the editor, calls to local talk shows, and pointed questions at every community forum attended by your Representative.

4. If your Congress Member is not on the Judiciary Committee, ask — click — the rep to cosponsor H Res 333.

5. Start a media campaign including op-ed articles on impeaching Cheney, letters-to-the-editor about the Kucinich resolution, and informational picketing in front of the offices of local media, particularly in Detroit for Conyers and NY City for Nadler — click — Media activism kit. And — click — ask the talk shows to give the Republicans the impeachment debate they claim they wanted.

6. Ask pollsters to — click — poll the public on impeachment, especially of Cheney

7. Watch for — click — updates and notice of a national conference call with Rep.
Dennis Kucinich.

CONTACT — click — DAVID SWANSON.
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http://www.impeachcheney.org by David Swanson.
Congressman Dennis Kucinich said on a conference call Monday evening that after moving to impeach Vice President Cheney on Tuesday he will also introduce a resolution to impeach President Bush at a future date. He's going to introduce a privileged resolution on the floor of the U.S. House Tuesday morning to force a vote on his resolution to impeach Cheney (H Res 333 — 799). While that bill includes offenses related to Iraq and Iran, Kucinich plans to focus his remarks on Iran and the fact that the current Pentagon bill includes funding to retrofit bombers to carry 15-ton bombs.

Kucinich said he will hold a press conference at 3 p.m. Tuesday in 2456 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C., and will post on his House web site and at http://impeachcheney.org an account of what transpired on
the floor.

He said that there might be an actual debate on the substance of the charges, for which he said he was prepared, or there might be a motion to table the matter (effectively killing it if successful), or it might be referred to a committee. If it is sent to committee, Kucinich said, it will be the House Judiciary Committee. I asked whether (as has been done with impeachment resolutions in the past) he would be able to insist on a time limit for the committee to report back. Kucinich seemed unsure whether that could be done, but proposed that whether or not the matter is sent to committee he might start a discharge petition as another tool for forcing real action on the floor of the House.

Currently H Res 333 sits in the Constitution Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, where Chairman Jerrold Nadler has done nothing with it for months.

Kucinich expressed great appreciation for what all the activist groups and individuals on the call are doing to help promote impeachment. He also wants to let everyone know that he will not only continue pushing for the impeachment of Cheney but will also take up the impeachment of Bush with a new resolution. [David Swanson is co-founder of After Downing Street Organization.]

The flyer has 8 toll-free phone numbers that connect you to the capitol switchboard. First connect with the representatives from your state, Republicans too. When the office receptionist picks up, tell the person you want your message noted and brought to the attention of the representative, and then say you want to speak to the representative's Chief of Staff. Sometimes you get lucky and you actually get to talk to the person. More often than not, you will be patched to the person's voice mail. Explain you want the representative to support Kucinich's Resolution 333, and you want the representative to vote against tabling Rep. Kucinich's motion to impeach Cheney. This way the representatives #1 staff person gets your message, and your message is noted by the reception desk. But you ain't done yet! Remember you got a right to speak to every representative's office. You can call them all! If they ask where you reside, tell them and say, "Even though I don't live in the district, I want the representative to know my strong conviction on this issue. It's a matter of saving our constitution and saving our country, after all." BE FIRM and BE POLITE! Now here's some background:

At 9 pm New Jersey time, Tuesday, October 23rd, in a nationwide phone call to Progressive Democrats of America, New Jersey Impeach Groups and other impeach organizers, presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich announced he will go before the U.S. House of Representatives in a point of personal privilege to force the impeachment of Dick Cheney. Mr. Kucinich stated he will bring impeachment forward next week on November 6th. Town hall meetings are happening across the country as citizens gather to organize a massive phone campaign to contact all members of the U.S. House of Representatives to tell them to support Mr. Kucinich's motion to save our country by impeaching Bush and Cheney for their violations of the constitution and their many criminal actions.

Dennis explains it all: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSbGUOOQCpU

Republicans support impeachment too: http://youtube.com/watch?v=XdC5Id7bq3o


How Dennis' motion to bring H.R. 333 to the floor will work: Dennis will rise and ask that the bill on the impeachment of Cheney be brought to the floor on a point of "privilege," which is every congressmember's right on important matters. Someone will rise and motion for a vote that the bill be "tabled" — killed — THIS IS THE VOTE. If enough congressmembers vote against the motion to "table" it, Dennis will speak and it must go forward for debate. NOW is the time to tell your congressmember you want the vote against "tabling" the bill, so it can go forward.

Town hall meetings are happening across the country to demonstrate that we want the vote against "tabling" the bill, to make sure the bill goes forward. Here's an easy-link to email, and see above for toll-free phone numbers to call your Congressmember in Washington: http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/.

Easy online tool for emailing your local newspapers:
http://www.democrats.org/page/speakout/letterstoeditors

Print out the literature (below) which gives the town hall meeting focus, and serve its educational purpose. Put these out on your literature table. The upshot of the meeting should be an agreement by verbal acclaim that the citizens here tonight direct their congressmember to co-sponsor and support H.Res.333, the Resolution to begin impeachment proceedings against Vice President Richard Cheney, or something to that effect, yea or nay. You can also note "passed, with reservations by some" if people don't agree with all the articles of impeachment but agree with most of them.

Print-out the Synopsis of House Resolution 333
http://kucinich.house.gov/UploadedFiles/int2.pdf

We recommend that you print out and make copies of the following pieces of literature, which contain the basic, open-and-shut case against the administration, as well as talking points. Put them on your literature table and get them to your newspapers along with the basic press release.

The Charges and Public Record Evidence for the Impeachment of Bush and Cheney
http://ralphlopezworld.com/publicevidence.html
See also New Jersey Resolution to Impeach and Declaration of Crisis

Talking Points for the "Unconverted"
http://www.neimpeach.org/wp/?page_id=63

Be sure someone brings a camcorder to the town meeting so you and we can post parts on YouTube and elsewhere on the world wide web. The Northeast Impeachment Coalition is available for assistance in this. If you do it yourself, PLEASE BE SURE TO SEND THE LINK to ALL your contacts! For us, send to info@impeachthem.com. When you visit your congressmember be sure to get that on a camcorder too. See How to Put Your Congressman on YouTube http://www.neimpeach.org/wp/?page_id=61

Sample press release/flyer:

Town Hall Meeting on the Impeachment of Vice President Richard Cheney, in support of House Resolution 333 now in Congress.

REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, INDEPENDENTS! SAVE YOUR REPUBLIC AND YOUR CONSTITUTION!

George Bush and Dick Cheney have:

- Violated their oaths to "uphold, protect, and defend" the U.S. Constitution

- Lied to get us into Iraq

- Harmed the national security

[time and date]

[place]

Resolved: We citizens direct our congressmember to become a co-sponsor and active supporter of H.Res. 333, to begin impeachment proceedings against Dick Cheney.

[your contact information]
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Report actions in your state:
http://impeachforpeace.org/impeach_bush_blog/

http://www.impeachbush.tv/impeach/states.html

Republican:
http://www.americanfreedomagenda.org/

CONTACT:
info@impeachthem.com
neimpeach@yahoo.com
SPECIAL THANKS TO SUSAN SERPA and to Herb Hoffman!