GOP rep joins demand for DSM docs!

[FreedomAngel82]

Sorry if this has been discussed before.

Link:http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/1719/1/32

Snip: <Republican Congressman Breaks Ranks, Joins Demand for Documents on
Downing Street Memos
By David Swanson
Aug. 24, 2005

Congressman Jim Leach (R, Iowa) has informed Congresswoman Barbara
Lee (D, California) that he will co-sponsor her Resolution of Inquiry
into Bush Administration communications with the U.K. about Iraq at
the time of the Downing Street Memos. Leach is the first Republican
member of Congress to publicly support a demand for an inquiry into
the Bush Administration's pre-war claims.

The 131 congress members who have signed Congressman John Conyers'
letter to the President about the Downing Street Memo are all
Democrats. The 11 Senators who have asked the Senate Intelligence
Committee to do the investigation it committed to in February 2004
but never did are all Democrats.

The Resolution, H. Res. 375, is a privileged resolution which must be
brought to a vote in the House International Relations Committee by
September 16th, or Lee is permitted to demand a vote of the full
House. Fifty-two Democrats, including Lee, have co-sponsored the
Resolution. Leach is the first Republican to join them, and he is a
member of the International Relations Committee.

The International Relations Committee has 27 Republican members and
23 Democratic members. Thus far 10 of the Democrats have co-
sponsored the Resolution. If the other 13 vote for it as well, then
along with Leach, one more Republican vote will be needed for a tie,
or two more for passage.>

[rocktivity]

1. GOP Rep wants to keep his job, LOL

which he knows he won't be able to do if he keeps betting on Georgie. And the more Republicans who figure that out, the less impeachment becomes a pipe dream.

:headbang:
rocknation

[DU9598]

2. He just got a serious challenger

So, this is no surprise. Leach plays this balance well, which has kept him in his seat in a very liberal district - including the University of Iowa. 2006 and a tidal wave against the R's could finally be enough to do him in ... even with this move on the DSM.