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http://topplebush.com/SUPPORT FEINGOLD'S RESOLUTION CENSURING BUSH: Call your two Senators today and tell them to support Sen. Russ Feingold's resolution censuring Bush for authorizing NSA to illegally spy on Americans and for lying to both Congress and the American people about this illegal program.
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The GOP controlled Congress appears ready to abandon any investigation into possible violations of law by the executive branch, with regard to the NSA’s warrantless eavesdropping on U.S. citizens. Worse, it is now planning to pass legislation that rubber stamps that eavesdropping!
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060324/pl_nm/security_eave...Senate hearing set on move to censure Bush
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee announced on Friday it would hold a hearing next week on a call by a Democratic lawmaker to censure President George W. Bush for his domestic spy program.
In a one-sentence notice, the panel said the hearing would be held next Friday by the order of its chairman, Republican Sen. Arlen Specter (news, bio, voting record) of Pennsylvania, who has opposed censure.
Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold (news, bio, voting record) of Wisconsin introduced a resolution last week calling for a Senate censure of the president, charging that Bush's warrantless domestic surveillance program was illegal. Revelation of the once-secret program has triggered a political uproar.
"Some Democrats in Congress have decided the president is the enemy and the terrorist surveillance program is grounds for censuring the president," Vice President Dick Cheney told a Republican fund-raiser in Orlando, Florida, on Friday, adding, "The American people have already made their decision. They agree with the president.".......
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http://judiciary.senate.gov/members.cfm
Arlen Specter - CHAIRMAN, PENNSYLVANIA
Orrin G. Hatch UTAH
Patrick J. Leahy - RANKING DEMOCRATIC MEMBER, VERMONT
Charles E. Grassley - IOWA
Edward M. Kennedy - MASSACHUSETTS
Jon Kyl - ARIZONA
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. - DELAWARE
Mike DeWine - OHIO
Herbert Kohl - WISCONSIN
Jeff Sessions - ALABAMA
Dianne Feinstein - CALIFORNIA
Lindsey Graham - SOUTH CAROLINA
Russell D. Feingold - WISCONSIN
John Cornyn - TEXAS
Charles E. Schumer - NEW YORK
Sam Brownback - KANSAS
Richard J. Durbin - ILLINOIS
Tom Coburn - OKLAHOMA
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http://feingold.senate.gov/~feingold/statements/06/03/2006313.html
Remarks of Senator Russ Feingold
Introducing a Resolution to Censure President George W. Bush
As Prepared
March 13, 2006
Mr. President, when the President of the United States breaks the law, he must be held accountable. That is why today I am introducing a resolution to censure President George W. Bush.
The President authorized an illegal program to spy on American citizens on American soil, and then misled Congress and the public about the existence and legality of that program. It is up to this body to reaffirm the rule of law by condemning the President’s actions.
All of us in this body took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States and bear true allegiance to the same. Fulfilling that oath requires us to speak clearly and forcefully when the President violates the law. This resolution allows us to send a clear message that the President’s conduct was wrong.
And we must do that. The President’s actions demand a formal judgment from Congress..........
Edited to include the resolution.