Eight House Members Support Impeachment
Hearings (H.R. 635)
Free Market News
January 9, 2006
Eight members of the House, all Democrats, are supporting H.R. 635, which
would create a select committee to investigate the grounds for impeaching
President Bush. Shortly before the holiday break, on Dec. 18, Rep. John Conyers
(D-Mich.) introduced H.R. 635 and on Dec. 22, seven House colleagues joined
him, according to Atlanta Progressive News.
H.R. 635 reads in its official title: "Creating 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, retaliating against critics, and to make recommendations
regarding grounds for possible impeachment."
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), in a radio program, said that he would sign a bill
of impeachment if it were drafted on account of the president's approval of
"illegal domestic wiretapping." Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Ca.) has requested
information by legal scholars regarding the grounds for impeachment for the
same reason. Without any Republican co-sponsors and the Democratic minority
status in the House, the future of the bill is uncertain. - JS
staff reports - Free-Market News Network
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