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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 03:07 AM
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Okay, can I get a summary of what happend on Impeachement Tuesday?
I don't have cable. I get NBC, Fox, and an all-infomercial channel on the ol' rabbit ears.

I work nights, and on Tuesday I didn't get home until after 2am.

So what happened with Kucinich's impeachment drive? I thought it had been deep-sixed, but now it looks likes it might have some legs after all.

What did I miss?
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 05:44 AM
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1. This sums it up pretty well
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2007/11/cheney_impeachment_resolution.html

The House voted today to send a resolution considering the impeachment of Vice President Cheney to the Judiciary Committee, a move that embarrassed Democratic leaders who were forced into the parliamentary tactic to avoid a floor debate on impeachment.

Led by Rep. Dennis Kucinich, the long-shot anti-war candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, scores of Democrats were joined by scores of Republicans in initially supporting a Kucinich resolution that would have prompted a full debate on impeaching Cheney.

Democratic leaders long ago rejected any consideration of impeaching Cheney and President Bush as an irresponsible move supported only by the far left, so they tried today to table Kucinich's impeachment resolution. After initially having more than enough votes to kill the resolution - the "yea" tally to table impeachment topped out at 291 - Republicans decided they had a chance to politically shame Democrats into a full debate on the sensitive issue. Republicans gleefully said they wanted the debate to show the public how many Democrats would actually support impeaching Cheney, which they consider a move supported only by a fringe element of anti-war activists.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 12:31 PM
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2. Excellent! thank you! n/t
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