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In April 2007, United States Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) filed an impeachment resolution (H.Res. 333) against Vice President Dick Cheney, seeking his trial in the Senate on three charges. After months of inaction, Kucinich re-introduced the exact content of H. Res 333 as a new resolution numbered H.Res. 799 in November 2007. Both resolutions were referred to the Judiciary Committee immediately after their introduction and the Committee did not consider either. Both resolutions expired upon the termination of the 110th United States Congress on January 3, 2009.
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US House Resolution 333
The resolution charged that Vice President Cheney:
had purposely manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the citizens and Congress of the United States by fabricating a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction
in violation of his constitutional oath and duty, openly threatened aggression against Iran absent any real threat to the United States, and had done so with the proven U.S. capability to carry out such threats, thus undermining U.S. national security. [1][2]
The resolution was authored and submitted by Congressman Dennis Kucinich, a representative of Ohio who was also a presidential candidate in the 2008 election. Congressman Kucinich has made available more than 45 documents supporting the articles of impeachment at his Congressional website, including at least 15 for each article. [3]
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Congressman Dennis Kucinich introduced the resolution on April 24, 2007. During his press conference announcing the resolution, Kucinich stated that he had not informed his party's leadership of the resolution and had not recently spoken about the resolution with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi or Congressman John Conyers, the Chairman of the committee to which his resolution was referred.[4]
Upon introduction, Resolution 333 was referred to the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Congressman John Conyers. Kucinich's resolution slowly gathered additional co-sponsors, but the Judiciary Committee never addressed the resolution at a hearing. On November 6, 2007, Kucinich read the text of HRES 333 on the House floor as a new resolution (H Res 799 January 20, 2016, at the Wayback Machine), offering it as a "Question of the Privileges of the House". Democratic leadership, led by House Majority LeaderSteny Hoyer, immediately moved to table the resolution. In what was expected to be an overwhelming vote in favor of tabling,[5] Republicans began voting against doing so, trying to force a debate "potentially embarrassing" to Democrats.[6] The resolution was kept alive after a vote of 251-162 against tabling, with 165 Republicans voting against terminating it.[5][6][7] To avoid a debate, Hoyer then made a motion to refer H Res 799 to the Judiciary Committee for its review, although this referral would not require Committee action on the resolution. This motion was successful and the resolution was referred to the Judiciary Committee after a vote of 218-194.[5][8][9] House speaker Nancy Pelosi has said "impeachment is off the table",[5] and the Democrats have no interest in impeaching Mr. Cheney or President Bush over the Iraq war.[6]
^"Supporting Documents for H Res 333" May 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^Michael Roston, Kucinich announces impeachment charges against Vice President Cheney, The Raw Story, April 24, 2007
^ abcd"House Avoids Cheney Impeachment Debate", November 7, 2007. Retrieved on June 26, 2008.
^ abc"Kucinich Offers Bill to Impeach Cheney", The New York Times, November 7, 2007. Retrieved on June 26, 2009.
^Jim Abrams (November 6, 2007). "Debate on Cheney Impeachment Averted". Associated Press (AP). from the original on November 9, 2007. Retrieved November 7, 2007.
^Johanna Neuman (November 7, 2007). "Cheney impeachment resolution sent to House committee". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 7, 2007. [dead link]
^Deadline (November 6, 2007). . USA Today. Archived from the original on January 21, 2008. Retrieved November 7, 2007.
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HR 333 redirects here For the star HD 6798 see List of stars in Cepheus HR 799 redirects here For the star 13 Persei see Theta Persei In April 2007 United States Representative Dennis Kucinich D Ohio filed an impeachment resolution H Res 333 against Vice President Dick Cheney seeking his trial in the Senate on three charges After months of inaction Kucinich re introduced the exact content of H Res 333 as a new resolution numbered H Res 799 in November 2007 Both resolutions were referred to the Judiciary Committee immediately after their introduction and the Committee did not consider either Both resolutions expired upon the termination of the 110th United States Congress on January 3 2009 Balloon advocating for the impeachment of Cheney and President George W Bush in 2008 Contents 1 Process 2 Co sponsors 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksProcess edit nbsp Wikisource has original text related to this article US House Resolution 333 The resolution charged that Vice President Cheney had purposely manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the citizens and Congress of the United States by fabricating a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction had fabricated a threat about an alleged relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda in order to justify the use of the U S Armed Forces against Iraq in a manner damaging to U S national security interests in violation of his constitutional oath and duty openly threatened aggression against Iran absent any real threat to the United States and had done so with the proven U S capability to carry out such threats thus undermining U S national security 1 2 The resolution was authored and submitted by Congressman Dennis Kucinich a representative of Ohio who was also a presidential candidate in the 2008 election Congressman Kucinich has made available more than 45 documents supporting the articles of impeachment at his Congressional website including at least 15 for each article 3 nbsp Wikinews has related news Democrat submits resolution to impeach Cheney Congressman Dennis Kucinich introduced the resolution on April 24 2007 During his press conference announcing the resolution Kucinich stated that he had not informed his party s leadership of the resolution and had not recently spoken about the resolution with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi or Congressman John Conyers the Chairman of the committee to which his resolution was referred 4 Upon introduction Resolution 333 was referred to the House Judiciary Committee chaired by Congressman John Conyers Kucinich s resolution slowly gathered additional co sponsors but the Judiciary Committee never addressed the resolution at a hearing On November 6 2007 Kucinich read the text of HRES 333 on the House floor as a new resolution H Res 799 Archived January 20 2016 at the Wayback Machine offering it as a Question of the Privileges of the House Democratic leadership led by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer immediately moved to table the resolution In what was expected to be an overwhelming vote in favor of tabling 5 Republicans began voting against doing so trying to force a debate potentially embarrassing to Democrats 6 The resolution was kept alive after a vote of 251 162 against tabling with 165 Republicans voting against terminating it 5 6 7 To avoid a debate Hoyer then made a motion to refer H Res 799 to the Judiciary Committee for its review although this referral would not require Committee action on the resolution This motion was successful and the resolution was referred to the Judiciary Committee after a vote of 218 194 5 8 9 House speaker Nancy Pelosi has said impeachment is off the table 5 and the Democrats have no interest in impeaching Mr Cheney or President Bush over the Iraq war 6 Both resolutions were referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution Civil Rights and Civil Liberties chaired by Congressman Jerrold Nadler in addition to the Judiciary Committee Neither committee ever held a hearing to consider either resolution Both resolutions expired at the end of the 110th Congress on January 3 2009 Co sponsors editIn addition to Rep Kucinich the prime sponsor of the resolution there were twenty six co sponsors Name of Representative State District Party Date Signed Notes Tammy Baldwin Wisconsin 2 Democratic January 8 2007 member of House Judiciary Committee Leonard Boswell Iowa 3 Democratic February 14 2008 Robert Brady Pennsylvania 1 Democratic July 24 2007 Yvette Clarke New York 11 Democratic June 6 2007 William Lacy Clay Jr Missouri 1 Democratic January 5 2007 Steve Cohen Tennessee 9 Democratic April 8 2007 member of House Judiciary Committeemember of the Subcommittee on the Constitution Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Danny K Davis Illinois 7 Democratic May 11 2007 Keith Ellison Minnesota 5 Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party June 28 2007 member of House Judiciary Committeemember of the Subcommittee on the Constitution Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Sam Farr California 17 Democratic December 7 2007 Bob Filner California 51 Democratic December 7 2007 Raul Grijalva Arizona 7 Democratic May 12 2007 Sheila Jackson Lee Texas 18 Democratic April 8 2007 member of House Judiciary Committee Hank Johnson Georgia 4 Democratic June 28 2007 member of House Judiciary Committee Carolyn Kilpatrick Michigan 13 Democratic July 9 2007 Barbara Lee California 9 Democratic July 6 2007 Jim McDermott Washington 7 Democratic October 7 2007 James Moran Virginia 8 Democratic October 7 2007 Gwen Moore Wisconsin 4 Democratic December 19 2007 Donald M Payne New Jersey 10 Democratic January 8 2007 Jan Schakowsky Illinois 9 Democratic January 5 2007 Pete Stark California 13 Democratic May 3 2008 Edolphus Towns New York 10 Democratic September 27 2007 Maxine Waters California 35 Democratic December 6 2007 member of House Judiciary Committee Diane Watson California 33 Democratic October 16 2007 Robert Wexler Florida 19 Democratic November 6 2008 member of House Judiciary Committee Lynn Woolsey California 6 Democratic July 6 2007 Albert Wynn Maryland 4 Democratic October 5 2007See also editImpeachment Federal impeachment in the United States Efforts to impeach George W Bush List of efforts to impeach vice presidents of the United StatesReferences edit Library of Congress H RES 333 Summary as of 04 24 2007 Introduced Archived September 1 2013 at the Wayback Machine THOMAS Library of Congress HRES 333 IH Archived March 9 2015 at the Wayback Machine THOMAS Supporting Documents for H Res 333 Archived May 4 2007 at the Wayback Machine Michael Roston Kucinich announces impeachment charges against Vice President Cheney The Raw Story April 24 2007 a b c d House Avoids Cheney Impeachment Debate November 7 2007 Retrieved on June 26 2008 a b c Kucinich Offers Bill to Impeach Cheney The New York Times November 7 2007 Retrieved on June 26 2009 Jim Abrams November 6 2007 Debate on Cheney Impeachment Averted Associated Press AP Archived from the original on November 9 2007 Retrieved November 7 2007 Johanna Neuman November 7 2007 Cheney impeachment resolution sent to House committee The Los Angeles Times Retrieved November 7 2007 dead link Deadline November 6 2007 House tied in knots over resolution to impeach Cheney USA Today Archived from the original on January 21 2008 Retrieved November 7 2007 External links editfull text of resolution in PDF format at Kucinich s Congressional website full text of resolution Archived March 9 2015 at the Wayback Machine in HTML format at THOMAS supporting documents for H Res 333 index of several documents in PDF format at Kucinich s Congressional website H Res 333 on OpenCongress Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Efforts to impeach Dick Cheney amp oldid 1187823943, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
