On April 24, 2007
H. Res. 333, Articles of Impeachment Against Dick Cheney, was introduced in Congress. Since then more than a dozen Members of Congress, including Congressman Jim Moran (VA - 8TH district), have signed on as cosponsors of the measure and a recent poll shows that 54% of the American people support impeaching Cheney. Yet our elected leaders refuse to act.
According to long established precedent, the next step should be Judiciary Committee hearings on impeachment. Please sign our petition urging Congressman Goodlatte to support these hearings that are so vital in recovering the health of our nation and safeguarding the integrity of our Constitution.
"I have a choice. I can either stand by and lead my constituents to believe I do not care that the president [and vice-president] apparently no longer believe [they are] bound by any law or code of decency. Or I can act."
-Congressman John Conyers
Chair, House Judiciary Committee
On April 24, 2007
H. Res. 333, Articles of Impeachment Against Dick Cheney, was introduced in Congress. Since then more than a dozen Members of Congress, including Congressman Jim Moran (VA - 8TH district), have signed on as cosponsors of the measure and a recent poll shows that 54% of the American people support impeaching Cheney. Yet our elected leaders refuse to act.
We, the undersigned, citizens of Virginia's 6TH Congressional district, fervently believe that the Vice President has failed to uphold his duty to protect and defend the Constitution through manipulation of intelligence concerning, Iraq, Al Qaeda, and Iran, damaging our national security thereby, and therefore urge you to support Judiciary Committee hearings on the Articles of Impeachment against him submitted to Congress nearly three months ago. We further ask that you enter into these hearings in the spirit of bipartisanship, not as a member of a political party, but rather as a patriotic American, as a dedicated Representative of the people of the 6TH district, and as a faithful steward of our particular Constitutional form of government.
We thank you for your careful consideration of our petition.
