STATEMENT FROM HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SPOKESMAN
We called John Conyers's office and they wrote us back just a few minutes later:
"The Committee has a very busy agenda - over the next two weeks, we hope to pass a FISA bill, to vote on contempt of Congress citations, pass legislation on prisoner re-entry, court security and a variety of other very important items. We were surprised that the minority was so ready to move forward with consideration of a matter of such complexity as impeaching the Vice President. The Chairman will discuss today's vote with the Committee members but it would seem evident that the committee staff should continue to consider, as a preliminary matter, the many abuses of this Administration, including the Vice President."
"The Committee has a very busy agenda - over the next two weeks, we hope to pass a FISA bill, to vote on contempt of Congress citations, pass legislation on prisoner re-entry, court security and a variety of other very important items. We were surprised that the minority was so ready to move forward with consideration of a matter of such complexity as impeaching the Vice President. The Chairman will discuss today's vote with the Committee members but it would seem evident that the committee staff should continue to consider, as a preliminary matter, the many abuses of this Administration, including the Vice President."
I really don't get what they are thinking here.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/06/AR2007110601451.html
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/gop-turns-impeachment-resolution-against-dems-2007-11-07.html
It looks like there aren't the votes to send impeachment on to the Senate, so why prevent the debate? how would a day of cheney-bashing hurt the dems? I really don't see what they are afraid of -
Impeachment
Maybe impeachment proceedings will be one of the things that will slow the march to war with Iran. One can only hope.
just listened to the podcast . . .
RM seems to think the dem leadership might reconsider on this, but I'm not so sure. hoyer & pelosi did everything but pull the fire alarm to keep this from coming up for debate. Yes, it is probably a political winner, but can the beltway-bound leadership in congress figure that out? stay tuned . . .(why did I just hear the old TV batman theme in my head?)