{"id":6066,"date":"2008-06-12T10:09:24","date_gmt":"2008-06-12T17:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=6066"},"modified":"2008-06-13T07:42:38","modified_gmt":"2008-06-13T14:42:38","slug":"kucinich-vows-to-reintroduce-impeach-articles-if-dems-let-them-die-in-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6066","title":{"rendered":"Kucinich Vows to Reintroduce Impeach Articles if Dems Let Them Die in Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/DennisKucinich_BushImpeachment_CSPAN_060908_small.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pubrecord.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;view=article&#038;id=124:kucinich-vows-new-round-of-impeachment-articles-against-bush-if-measure-dies&#038;catid=12:politics&#038;Itemid=16\">From the full story at Public Record<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"media\">Dennis Kucinich, the Ohio Congressman and former 2008 Democratic Presidential candidate, said he would continue to introduce resolutions calling for the removal of President George W. Bush from office if the articles of impeachment against Bush that he presented to the House Monday is not taken up within 30 days.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nCongressman Robert Wexler, (D-Fla.), agreed to co-sponsor of the measure Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Congress voted 251-166 Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment to a House Judiciary Committee for review where it&#8217;s expected to die.<\/p>\n<p>But Kucinich said if that happens he will just introduce another resolution until lawmakers vote on the measure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Leadership wants to bury it, but this is one resolution that will be coming back from the dead,&#8221; Kucinich told the Washington Post Wednesday. &#8220;Thirty days from now, if there is no action, I will be bringing the resolution up again, and I won&#8217;t be the only one reading it. We&#8217;ll come back and many of us will be reading this [on the House floor], and we&#8217;ll come back with 60 articles, not 35.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be talking about this, and other related issues, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/afp.google.com\/article\/ALeqM5g_blEpau4RnlQb90bawjBZS57f0w\">today&#8217;s SCOTUS finding<\/a> restoring <i>Habeas Corpus<\/i> and last week&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/intelligence.senate.gov\/press\/record.cfm?id=298775\">Senate Intel Comm&#8217;s &#8220;Phase II report&#8221;<\/a> on Bush&#8217;s (mis)use of pre-war intel, with former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega, author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FUnited-States-George-Bush-al%2Fdp%2F1583227563%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1185060034%26sr%3D8-1&#038;tag=tbb-20&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325\"><i>United States V. George W. Bush et al.<\/i><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=tbb-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>, when I guest host the syndicated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peterbcollins.com\"><i>Peter B. Collins Show<\/i><\/a> again later today (3p-6p PT, 6p-9p ET). Please tune in!<\/p>\n<p><i>DISCLOSURE<\/i>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BradBlog.com\">The BRAD BLOG<\/a> was consulted by Kucinich&#8217;s office prior to his filing of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.impeachbush.tv\/progress\/dk_aoi_bush\/index.php\">Articles of Impeachment<\/a> against George W. Bush. We were asked to submit material as used in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.impeachbush.tv\/progress\/dk_aoi_bush\/aoi_xxviii.php\">Article 28<\/a>, &#8220;Tampering with Free and Fair Elections&#8221; and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.impeachbush.tv\/progress\/dk_aoi_bush\/aoi_xxix.php\">Article 29<\/a>, &#8220;Conspiracy to Violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the full story at Public Record&#8230; Dennis Kucinich, the Ohio Congressman and former 2008 Democratic Presidential candidate, said he would continue to introduce resolutions calling for the removal of President George W. 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