Resolutions Supporting Impeachment...

[Steve Gardner]

...List of Those Introduced and Passed

Now I knew the average American was getting fed up with the Bush administration. What I didn't realise, largely because this sort of thing never makes the news in any meaningful way, is that so many resolutions had been introduced supporting the impeachment of both Bush and Cheney.

Here, for example, is a list of statewide political parties who have not only introduced but actually passed (as indicated by the "[ + ]" sign) such a bill.

Alaska Democratic Party (Text) [ + J ] 5/21/06
California Democratic Party (News,Text Update 1/28/06)[ + ]
CA Democratic Council Statewide Convention (Text 2005) [ + ]
CA Democratic Party Convention, April 2006 (Text), [ + ]
CA Democratic Party Convention, April 2007 (News, Text) [ + ]
California Green Party (News) [ + ] 6/25/2006
California Green Party County Officials (News) [ + ] 3/08/2006
Colorado Democratic Party (Text) [ + ] 5/20/06
Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee (Resolution Text1, Resolution Text2) [ ~ ] 07/07/07, 09/26/07
Democrats Abroad France (Text)[ + ]
Democrats Abroad Mexico (Text) [ + ] 2007
Equal Justice Society (News and Resolution Text) [ + ] 12/19/07
Green Party of the United States (News) [ + ]
Green Party of Washington State (News and Resolution Text) [ + ] 12/18/07
Hawaii Democratic Party (News) [ + ] 6/4/06
Maine Democratic Party State Convention (Resolution Text, News)[ + ] 6/3/06
Massachusetts Democratic Party (News and Text, News) [ + ] 05/18/07
Nevada Democratic Party (News) [ + ] 5/3/04
New Hampshire Democratic Party (News1, News2)[ + ] 6/4/06
New Mexico Democratic Party (News1,2,3)[ + ] 3/21/06
North Carolina Democratic Party Executive Committee (News)[ + ] 1/28/06
North Carolina Democratic Party (News, Text, Impeachment Resolution Text) [ + ] 6/24/06
Oklahoma Democratic Party (Resolution Text, News) [ + ] 05/19/07
Oregon Democratic Party (Text) [ + ] 2005, (Text) [ + ] 3/10/07
Vermont Democratic Party (News1)[ + ] 4/9/06
Vermont Progressive Party (News) [ + ] 05/19/07
Washington State Democratic Central Committee (News, Resolution Text) [ + ] 4/28/07
Washington State Democratic Party (Text, ) 9/30/06
Wisconsin Democratic Party(News) [ + ] 6/12/05

More lists can be found at the rather curiously named After Downing Street, including a list of 25 co-sponsors of U.S. House of Representatives' H. Res. 333 - A Bill Impeaching Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

[Steve Gardner]

Following the decision of Vermont's Democratic and Progressive Parties to vote to impeach Bush and Cheney, two towns in the state have done likewise.

Here's hoping.

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Voters in two Vermont towns on Tuesday approved a measure that would instruct police to arrest President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for "crimes against our Constitution," local media reported.

The nonbinding, symbolic measure, passed in Brattleboro and Marlboro in a state known for taking liberal positions on national issues, instructs town police to "extradite them to other authorities that may reasonably contend to prosecute them."

Vermont, home to maple syrup and picture-postcard views, is known for its liberal politics.

State lawmakers have passed nonbinding resolutions to end the war in Iraq and impeach Bush and Cheney, and several towns have also passed resolutions of impeachment. None of them have caught on in Washington.

Bush has never visited the state as president, though he has spent vacations at his family compound in nearby Maine.

Roughly 12,000 people live in Brattleboro, located on the Connecticut River in the state's southeastern corner. Nearby Marlboro has a population of roughly 1,000.