A new blog, The Democratic Activist, has a terrific action plan for impeaching Cheney + John Nichols speaking on impeachment in SF this Sunday
I'm closing in on 300 posts, which I expect to hit next week. I started last January after I organized and moderated an impeachment forum in my town, Healdsburg. It was well attended, and there’s been a lot of local impeachment actions, including Janie Sheppard’s* effort to get the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors to pass a resolution in support of impeaching Cheney.
Despite the efforts of many people to hold our leaders accountable, until this past week I wasn’t optimistic. Then on Tuesday, Representative Dennis Kucinich’s resolution to impeach Cheney, H. Res. 799, was referred to the House Judiciary Committee.
Now it’s up to us, folks. And just in time**, Chris Borland created the best plan of action for impeaching Cheney that I’ve seen so far.
Here’s Chris’s introduction to his new blog:
People,
For the past two days, it's been nearly impossible to get through on the phone to the office House Judiciary (HJC) Committee Chairman John Conyers. Nothing but busy signals. He and other HJC committee members have been deluged with calls from citizens demanding their support of the Cheney impeachment resolution now before the committee.
This is it. We actually have a real chance to impeach Dick Cheney!It's likely now, or never. It's time to move. It will take work. But we can do it.
How can you make it happen? All it takes is about half an hour. Get the details here.
My recommendation: Put The Democratic Activist icon on our desktop and check it frequently.
*Janie is my friend, political ally, and frequent guest blogger. My posts by or about her are all linked here. Thanks to Janie for keeping the impeachment issue alive here in northern California.
**I’m pretty worn out. I want to pace myself to last through the 2008 election.
Update: John Nichols, the person who convinced me last November to support impeachment, is appearing in San Francisco this Sunday:
Update: Thanks to Janie Sheppard, here is the contact information for the 9 Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee who voted to table H. Res. 799 (meaning they are not willing to vote on it.) In addition to John Conyers,* Chair of the House Judiciary Committe, Chris Borland recommends we contact:
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Here is direct contact info for the 9 Members that Chris Borland believes the most important to contact:
1. Howard Berman, CA-28
Congressman Howard L. Berman
2221 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4695
Fax: (202) 225-3196
Congressman Howard L. Berman
14546 Hamlin Street, Suite 202
Van Nuys, CA 91411
Phone: (818) 994-7200
Fax: (818) 994-1050
2. Frederick Boucher, VA-9
2187 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
202-225-3861
202-225-0442(fax)
1 Cloverleaf Square,
Suite C-1
Big Stone Gap, Virginia 24219
276-523-5450
3. Artur Davis, AL-7
208 Cannon H.O.B.
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-2665 (phone)
(202) 226-9567 (fax)
20th Street North
Suite #1130
Birmingham, AL 35203
(205) 254-1960 (phone)
(205) 254-1974 (fax)
4. William Delahunt, MA-10
2454 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202-225-3111
Fax: 202-225-5658
146 Main Street
Hyannis, MA 02601
508-771-0666
Toll-Free: 800-870-2626
Fax: 508-790-1959
5. Zoe Lofgren, CA 16
Washington, D.C. Office
102 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3072
Fax: (202) 225-3336
635 N. First Street, Suite B
San Jose, CA 95112
Phone: (408) 271-8700
Fax: (408) 271-8713gt Office
102 Cannon House Office Building0515
Pone: (202) 225-3072
Fax: (202) 225-3336
6. Jerry Nadler, NY-8 - (in charge of the subcommittee that is assigned the impeachment resolution)
Rep. Jerrold Nadler
2334 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Tel. 202-225-5635
Rep. Jerrold Nadler
445 Neptune Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11224
Tel. 718-373-3198
7. Linda Sanchez, CA-39
1222 Longworth Building
Washington, DC 20515
202-225-6676
17906 Crusader Ave. Suite 100
Cerritos, CA 90703
562-860-5050
8. Debbie Wasserman Schultz - (D) Florida, 20th
118 Cannon H.O.B
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-7931
Fax: 202-226-2052
10100 Pines Blvd.
Pembroke Pines, FL 33026
Phone: 954-437-3936
Fax: 954-437-4776
9. Adam B. Schiff - (D) California, 29th
326 Cannon House Office Building
Washington D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4176
Facsimile: (202) 225-5828
87 N. Raymond Ave. #800
Pasadena, California 91103
Phone: (626) 304-2727
Facsimile: (626) 304-0572
Janie
This must be my karma for having spread a "rumor" - it was actually a very good rumor, fabulous idea - whoever you are that put that out there to send 10,000 letters (or by now 100,000) letters to Nancy Pelosi!
House Resoultion 333 (Not 799!). H Res 333 is Dennis Kucinich's impeachment resolution for Dick Cheney: http://kucinich.house.gov/SpotlightIssues/documents.htm
Keep those letters flowing.
emily
Actually, Emily, "799" is correct, not "333."
The correct designation for the Cheney impeachment submitted by Kucinich on 11/6/07, the one now before the House Judiciary Committee, is "H. Res. 799" (the resolution "H. Res. 333" was the one originally submitted to Congress by Kucinich on 4/24/07):
To verify, and to read the full text of the impeachment resolution now before the HJC:
1. go to: http://thomas.loc.gov/;
2. enter "H. Res. 799" or "H. Res. 333" (without the quotes) into the field titled "Search Bill Text;"
3. select "Bill Number" (immediately below the search field);
4. click the "Search" button.
Actually, Emily, "799" is correct, not "333."
The correct designation for the Cheney impeachment submitted by Kucinich on 11/6/07, the one now before the House Judiciary Committee, is "H. Res. 799" (the resolution "H. Res. 333" was the one originally submitted to Congress by Kucinich on 4/24/07):
To verify, and to read the full text of the impeachment resolution now before the HJC:
1. go to: http://thomas.loc.gov/;
2. enter "H. Res. 799" or "H. Res. 333" (without the quotes) into the field titled "Search Bill Text;"
3. select "Bill Number" (immediately below the search field);
4. click the "Search" button.
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