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Crucial Week for Impeachment: Honk to
Impeach!
Something very important happened in Congress on
Thursday, thanks to all of your emails and calls. After 7 years
of cowering in fear of every dictatorial demand from Bush and Cheney,
House Democrats finally rose up and said NO.
First, House Democrats refused to give immunity to
the telecom giants for illegally wiretapping the calls and emails of
every American - despite two Bush press conference hissyfits and
endless Corporate Media lies.
Second, House Democrats declared Harriet Miers and
Josh Bolten to be in contempt of Congress for rejecting subpoenas to
testify about the U.S. Attorney scandal, despite a faux-angry walkout
by Republicans. Watch Rep. Robert
Wexler's excellent floor speech.
Could this be the start of holding George Bush and
Dick Cheney accountable for their innumerable High Crimes, ultimately
through impeachment?
The main problem we face is time. Since this is an
election year, Congress will stop legislating and start campaigning
full-time in May. Since impeachment hearings take time, those
hearings must begin now.
Thanks to your emails and calls, 18 Democrats support
Rep. Robert Wexler's call for Cheney impeachment hearings:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/cheney
But
that's not enough - we need 100 Democrats
to support Wexler in order to force Speaker Pelosi to hold these
hearings.
This week, every Member of Congress will be home
working at their District Offices and meeting with the voters who
elect them. So let's send them a loud and clear message: Start
Impeachment Hearings for Dick Cheney Now.
One great way to send that message is through "Honk
to Impeach" actions at the District Offices of your
Representative. These actions are fun and passing cars love it. It
just takes 2-3 brave people to have a successful 1-hour event.
Here's a national map with ongoing
honk-a-thons:
http://www.communitywalk.com/impeach
If
you don't see one near you, call your bravest friends and pick the
date(s), time, and contact info. Find District Offices by searching
for your Representative
here:
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt?command=congdir
Then
create a map login and click "add a marker."
To find other honkers, connect with activists in your
Congressional District by logging in to Democrats.com and clicking
"local":
http://democrats.com/local
Click [Post] next to your Congressional District and blog about
your plans. All the details you need are
here:
http://www.democrats.com/honktoimpeach
Since it's Washington's Birthday, we've created a
special flyer you can print and hand out called WWWD: What Would
Washington Do?
http://www.democrats.com/files/WWWD.doc
Time is running out so let's hit the streets
this week!
http://www.democrats.com/crucial-week-for-impeachment
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Planning for March 2008
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Iraq. Start planning your local and national actions to demand peace
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