Michael Roston
Friday June 8, 2007
The co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus have
signed on to Articles of Impeachment introduced in the House
of Representatives by Rep. Dennis Kucinich, the Ohio Congressman
who is seeking the Democratic Party's nomination for President
in 2008. But a staff-member of one of the Congress members
tells RAW STORY that the move comes only in their personal
capacity.
"I don't know of any effort to whip members of the Congressional
Progressive Caucus to back the impeachment resolution," said
a spokesman for Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), who is a co-chair
of the CPC.
Blogger and pro-impeachment activist David Swanson reported
at his website Friday that Woolsey and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA),
who also co-chairs the caucus, have signed on to the articles,
which accuse Vice President Dick Cheney of misleading the American
public to help push for the Iraq War, in addition to other
charges.
In addition to Lee and Woolsey, four other Members of Congress
have backed Kucinich's push for impeachment: Reps. Yvette Clarke,
Jan Schakowsky, William Lacy Clay, and Albert Wynn.
Although the number of backers of the impeachment resolution
have grown, it continues to appear that Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
had no plans to schedule hearings on the articles in the House
Judiciary Committee, where they were referred after their introduction
in the House.
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