Where They Stand on Impeachment
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Members in blue bold have sponsored H. Res. 333/799
Members in green have signed Wexler's letter to Conyers calling for immediate impeachment hearings Wexler Wants Impeachment
Members in red on board with both
Members in orange have independently called on Conyers to move hearings forward.
Alabama Rep. Davis (D-AL)
Arizona Rep. Giffords (D-AZ) Rep. Grijalva (D-AZ)
Arkansas Rep. Boozman (R-AR)
California Rep. Berman (D-CA) Rep. Capps (D-CA) Rep. Eshoo (D-CA) Rep. Farr (D-CA) Rep. Filner (D-CA)
Rep. Lee (D-CA) Rep. Pelosi (D-CA) Rep. Schiff (D-CA) Rep. Sherman (D-CA) Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)
Rep. Waters (D-CA) Rep. Watson (D-CA) Rep. Waxman (D-CA) Rep. Woolsey (D-CA)
Connecticut Sen. Dodd (D-CT) Rep. Murphy (D-CT)
Delaware Sen. Biden (D-DE)
Florida Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) Rep. Hastings (D-FL) Rep. Klein (D-FL)
Rep. Meek (D-FL) Rep. Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) Rep. Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) Rep. Wexler (D-FL)
Georgia Rep. Johnson (D-GA) Rep. Lewis (D-GA) Rep. Linder (D-GA)
Hawaii Rep. Hirono (D-HI)
Illinois Rep Davis (D-IL) Rep. Emanuel (D-IL) Rep. Gutierrez (D-IL) Sen. Obama (D-IL)
Rep. Schakowsky (D-IL)
Indiana Rep. Visclosky (D-IN)
Iowa Rep. Boswell (D-IA)
Maine Rep. Allen (D-ME) Rep. Michaud (D-ME)
Maryland Rep. Hoyer (D-MD) Rep. Wynn (D-MD) Rep. Van Hollen (D-MD)
Massachusetts Rep. Capuano (D-MA) Rep. Olver (D-MA)
Michigan Rep. Conyers (D-MI) Rep. Kilpatrick (D-MI)
Minnesota Rep. Ellison (D-MN)
Missouri Rep. Clay (D-MO) Sen. McCaskill (D-MO)
New Hampshire Rep. Shea-Porter (D-NH)
Nevada Sen. Reid (D-NV)
New Jersey Rep. Rob Andrews (D-NJ) Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) Sen. Menendez (D-NJ) Rep. Pascrell (D-NJ)
Rep. Payne (D-NJ) Rep. Rothman (D-NJ)
New York Rep. Arcuri (D-NY) Rep. Clarke (D-NY) Rep. Engel (D-NY) Rep. Gillibrand (D-NY) ?
Rep. Hall (D-NY) Rep. Hinchey (D-NY) Rep. Lowey (D-NY) Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
Rep. Towns (D-NY) Rep. Weiner (D-NY)
North Carolina Rep. Jones (R-NC) Rep. Watt (D-NC)
North Dakota Rep. Pomeroy (D-ND)
Ohio Rep. Kucinich (D-OH)
Oregon Rep. Blumenauer (D-OR) Rep. DeFazio (D-OR)
Pennsylvania Rep. Brady (D-PA) Rep. Gerlach (R-PA) Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA) Rep. Sestak (D-PA)
Tennessee Rep. Cohen (D-TN)
Texas Rep. Jackson Lee (D-TX)
Virginia Rep. Moran (D-VA) Rep. Scott (D-VA) Sen. Warner (R-VA)
Washington Rep. Dicks (D-WA) Rep. Inslee (D-WA) Rep. McDermott (D-WA)
Wisconsin Rep. Baldwin (D-WI) Rep. Moore (D-WI) Rep. Obey (D-WI)
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Sponsors of H. Res. 333/799
Rep. Baldwin (D-WI) Rep. Brady (D-PA) Rep. Boswell (D-IA) Rep. Clarke (D-NY) Rep. Clay (D-MO)
Rep. Cohen (D-TN) Rep. Davis (D-IL) Rep. Ellison (D-MN) Rep. Farr (D-CA) Rep. Filner (D-CA)
Rep. Grijalva (D-AZ) Rep. Jackson Lee (D-TX) Rep. Johnson (D-GA) Rep. Kilpatrick (D-MI) Rep. Kucinich (D-OH)
Rep. Lee (D-CA) Rep. McDermott (D-WA) Rep. Moore (D-WI) Rep. Moran (D-VA) Rep. Payne (D-NJ)
Rep. Schakowsky (D-IL) Rep. Towns (D-NY) Rep. Waters (D-CA) Rep. Watson (D-CA) Rep. Woolsey (D-CA)
Rep. Wynn (D-MD)
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Original Sponsors of H. Res. 635
Where are they now?
On December 18, 2005, Rep. John Conyers introduced H.Res.635. This would create a select committee to investigate the Administration's intent to go to war before congressional authorization, manipulation of pre-war intelligence, encouraging and countenancing torture, and retaliating against critics, and to make recommendations regarding grounds for possible impeachment. Text of H. Res. 635 Introduced by Representative John Conyers on December 18, 2005
H. Res. 635 had 39 co-sponsors (1 withdrew, Rep. Zoe Lofgren). Clearly, these members of Congress, 2 years ago, were concerned enough about the abuse of power by the Bush administration that they supported this resolution. So, where are they now? Of these 39 co-sponsors who are still in office, 14 have co-sponsored the newly introduced H. Res. 333: Impeaching Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Those 14 heros are:
Rep. Baldwin (D-WI) Rep. Clay (D-MO) Rep. Davis (D-IL) Rep. Farr (D-CA) Rep. Filner (D-CA) Rep. Jackson-Lee (D-TX) Rep. Lee (D-CA)
Rep. McDermott (D-WA) Rep. Moore (D-WI) Rep. Payne (D-J) Rep. Schakowsky (D-IL) Rep. Waters (D-CA) Rep. Watson (D-CA)
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)
Please contact the members of Congress below who were also signers of H. Res. 635 and demand that they uphold their sworn oath to protect the Constitution by cosponsoring H. Res. 333. They should be clear about why they were so bold as to pursue investigations less than 2 years ago, yet they no longer exhibit the courage to do so now. Take a few minutes a day to call or fax. Names link to their website for contact info or call the switchboard: 1 (800) 828 - 0498 . 1 (800) 459 - 1887 . 1 (800) 614 - 2803
Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA) Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA) Rep. David Wu (D-OR)
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-CA) Rep Mike Honda (D-CA) Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) Rep. Betty McCollum (D-N)
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) Rep. James Oberstar (D-MN) Rep. John Olver (D-MA)
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) Rep. Steve Rothman (D-NJ) Rep. Bernie Sanders (D-VT)
Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA) Rep. Fortney Pete Stark (D-CA) Rep. John Tierney (D-MA)
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123 Silent Congress Members
By David Swanson, www.AfterDowningStreet.org
Over two years ago, the following 123 Democratic Congress Members did something extraordinary.
Abercrombie; Allen; Baird; Baldwin; Becerra; Berkley; Bishop; Blumenauer; Brown, Corrine; Brown, Sherrod; Butterfield; Capps; Capuano; Carson; Christensen; Clay; Cleaver; Clyburn; Conyers; Cooper; Cummings; Davis, Danny; Davis, Susan; DeFazio; DeGette; Delahunt; DeLauro; Dingell; Doggett; Doyle; Eshoo; Farr; Fattah; Filner; Ford; Frank; Green; Grijalva; Gutierrez; Hastings; Hinchey; Holt; Honda; Hooley; Inslee; Jackson; Jackson-Lee; Jefferson; Johnson, Eddie Bernice; Kaptur; Kennedy; Kildee; Kilpatrick; Kucinich; Larsen, Rick; Larson, John; Lee, Barbara; Levin; Lewis; Lofgren; Maloney; Markey; Matsui; McCarthy; McDermott; McGovern; McKinney; McNulty; Meehan; Meek; Meeks; Michaud; Millender-McDonald; Miller, Brad; Miller, George; Moore, Gwen; Moran; Nadler; Napolitano; Neal; Oberstar; Olver; Owens; Pallone; Pascrell; Pastor; Payne; Pelosi; Price, David; Rangel; Rothman; Rush; Sanchez, Linda; Sanders; Schakowsky; Scott, Bobby; Serrano; Sherman; Skelton; Slaughter; Smith, Adam; Solis; Stark; Strickland; Tauscher; Thompson, Bennie; Tierney; Towns; Tubbs Jones; Udall, Mark; Udall, Tom; Van Hollen; Velazquez; Wasserman Schultz; Waters; Watson; Watt; Waxman; Weiner; Wexler; Woolsey; Wu; Wynn.
They delivered a letter, also signed by over half a million other Americans, to the White House. The letter asked the following questions about the Downing Street Minutes:
- Do you or anyone in your administration dispute the accuracy of the leaked document?
- Were arrangements being made, including the recruitment of allies, before you sought congressional authorization to go to war?
- Was there an effort to create an ultimatum about weapons inspectors in order to help with the justification for the war, as the minutes indicate?
- At what point in time did you and Prime Minster Blair first agree it was necessary to invade Iraq?
- Was there a coordinated effort with the US intelligence community and/or British officials to “fix” intelligence and facts around the policy, as the leaked document states?
One of the 123 signers of that letter has for the past 10 months been the Speaker of the House of Representatives. She and the other 122 have, for 10 months, gone completely silent on the matter.
Following up on the letter, 84 Congress Members did something else. They signed onto a privileged Resolution of Inquiry sponsored by Congresswoman Barbara Lee "requesting the President and directing the Secretary of State to transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution all information in the possession of the President and the Secretary of State relating to communication with officials of the United Kingdom between January 1, 2002, and October 16, 2002, relating to the policy of the United States with respect to Iraq."
After a huge effort by citizens to drive the issue forward, the resolution came within a vote or two of passing the House International Relations Committee but failed. An identical fate met a second resolution sponsored by Congressman Dennis Kucinich and taken to the House International Relations Committee by Lee. This one had 110 signatures "requesting the President of the United States and directing the Secretary of State to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in their possession relating to the White House Iraq Group."
Neither Lee nor Kucinich has reintroduced these resolutions. In their defense, they and a total of 22 congress members have signed onto a bill that cuts to the chase and proposes the impeachment of Dick Cheney. But where are the roughly 100 members of Congress who claimed to want to know the truth when Republicans controlled the House and its committees? What is the House Intelligence Committee doing other than wasting time on destructive bills that are signed into law and decent ones that are vetoed? What is the House International Relations Committee doing? Where is John Conyers? And where in the world is Nancy Pelosi?
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House Judiciary Committee
Members in blue bold have signed onto H. Res. 333
Members in green supporting impeachment hearings through Wexler Wants Hearings
Members in red support both
Democrats
Committee Chairman: Hon. John Conyers, Jr (MI) Phone (202) 225-5126 . Fax (202) 225-0072
Hon. Howard Berman (CA) Phone (202) 225-4695 . Fax (202) 225-3196
Hon. Rick Boucher (VA) Phone (202) 225-3861 . Fax (202) 225-0442
Hon. Jerrold Nadler (NY) Phone 202-225-5635 . Fax (202) 225-6923
Hon. Robert Scott (VA) Phone (202) 225-8351 . Fax (202) 225-8354
Hon. Melvin Watt (NC) Phone (202) 225-1510 . Fax (202) 225-1512
Hon. Zoe Lofgren (CA) Phone (202) 225-3072 . Fax (202) 225-3336
Hon. Jackson Lee (TX) Phone (202) 225-3816 . Fax (202) 225-3317
Hon. Maxine Waters (CA) Phone (202) 225-2201 . Fax (202) 225-7854
Hon. William Delahunt (MA) Phone 202-225-3111 . Fax 202-225-5658
Hon. Robert Wexler (FL) Phone: (202) 225-3001 . Fax (202) 225-5974
Hon. Linda Sánchez (CA) Phone 202-225-6676 . Fax 202-226-1012
Hon. Steve Cohen (TN) Phone (202) 225-3265 . Fax (202) 225-5663
Hon. Hank Johnson (GA) Phone (202) 225-1605 . Fax (202) 226-0691
Hon. Betty Sutton (OH) Phone (202) 225-3401 . Fax
Hon. Luis Gutierrez (IL) Phone (202) 225-8203 . Fax (202) 225-7810
Hon. Brad Sherman (CA) Phone (202) 225-5911 . Fax (202) 225-5879
Hon. Tammy Baldwin (WI) Phone (202) 225-2906 . Fax (202) 225-6942
Hon. Anthony Weiner (NY) Phone (202) 225-6616 . Fax
Hon. Adam Schiff (CA) Phone (202) 225-4176 . Fax (202) 225-5828
Hon. Artur Davis (AL) Phone (202) 225-2665 . Fax (202) 226-9567
Hon. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL) Phone 202-225-7931 . Fax 202-226-2052
Hon. Keith Ellison (MN) Phone (202) 225-4755 . Fax (202) 225-4886
Republican
Ranking Member: Hon. Lamar Smith (TX) Phone 202-225-4236 . Fax: 202-225-8628 [voted for Clinton's impeachment]
Hon. James Sensenbrenner (WI) Phone (202) 225-5101 [voted for Clinton's impeachment]
Hon. Howard Coble (NC) Phone (202) 225-3065 . Fax: (202) 225-8611 [voted for Clinton's impeachment]
Hon. Elton Gallegly (CA) Phone (202) 225-5811 . Fax (202) 225-1100 [voted for Clinton's impeachment]
Hon. Bob Goodlatte (VA) Phone (202) 225-5431 . Fax (202) 225-9681 [voted for Clinton's impeachment]
Hon. Steve Chabot (OH) Phone (202) 225-2216 . (202) 225-3012 [voted for Clinton's impeachment]
Hon. Dan Lungren (CA) Phone (202) 225-5716 . Fax (202) 226-1298
Hon. Chris Cannon (UT) Phone (202) 225-7751 . Fax (202) 225-5629 [voted for Clinton's impeachment]
Hon. Ric Keller (FL) Phone (202) 225-2176 . Fax (202) 225-0999
Hon. Darrell Issa (CA) Phone (202) 225-3906
Hon. Mike Pence (IN) Phone (202) 225-3021 . Fax (202) 225-3382
Hon. J. Randy Forbes (VA) Phone (202) 225 - 6365 . Fax (202) 226-1170
Hon. Steve King (IA) Phone: 202.225.4426 . Fax: 202.225.3193
Hon. Tom Feeney (FL) Phone (202) 225-2706 . Fax (202) 226-6299
Hon. Trent Franks (AZ) Phone (202) 225-4576 . Fax 202-225-6328
Hon. Louie Gohmert (TX) Phone (202) 225-3035 . Fax (202) 226-1230
Hon. Jim Jordan (OH) Phone (202) 225-2676 . Fax (202) 226-0577
Of note, all Republicans who are serving on the House Judiciary Committee who also served during the Clinton administration voted for his impeachment under the auspices that no man is above the law. The others listed here were not in office at the time.
Presidential Candidates
Fmr. Senator John Edwards (D) Sen. Joe Biden (D) Bill Richardson (D) Sen. Hillary Clinton
Rep. Dennis Kucinich Fmr. Sen. Mike Gravel Sen. Barack Obama Sen. Chris Dodd (D)
Wexler Wants Hearings
Don't Delay!
Go first to www.wexlerwantshearings.com and sign-on to support Congressman Wexler's call for impeachment hearings and then forward the link widely.
Message from Congressman Wexler: "The charges are too serious to ignore. There is credible evidence that the Vice President abused the power of his office, and not only brought us into an unneccesary war but violated the civil liberties and privacy of American citizens. It is the constitutional duty of Congress to hold impeachment hearings."
Read the Op Ed That the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Boston Globe, LA Times refused to publish.
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Audio of Wexler's Dec. 20 interview
Rep. Weiner Joins Call for Cheney Impeachment Hearings
Power of the People Moves Corporate Media to Do the Right Thing
Audio of Rep. Wexler on Ed Schultz December 20, 2007: Listen.
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Nadler and the Subcommittee on the Constitution
Hon. Steve Cohen (D-TN)