The Bill They Don't Want You to Know About: H.Res.635 (Hint: IMPEACH) -->

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Fri Mar-03-06 02:12 PM
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The Bill They Don't Want You to Know About: H.Res.635 (Hint: IMPEACH) -->

Edited on Fri Mar-03-06 02:18 PM by Dr. Jones

Funny, I haven't seen this on the mainstream news lately. Gee, I wonder why.
:sarcasm:

H.RES.635

Title: Creating a select committee to investigate the Administration's intent to go to war before congressional authorization, manipulation of pre-war intelligence, encouraging and countenancing torture, retaliating against critics, and to make recommendations regarding grounds for possible impeachment.

Sponsor: Rep Conyers, John, Jr. (introduced 12/18/2005) ��Cosponsors (27)

Latest Major Action: 12/18/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Source: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.res.00635:

Make no mistake, this is an important bill that gives the Select Committee subpoena power:

(B) subject to paragraph (2)(A), require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents, as the Select Committee or such designated subcommittee or designated member may determine advisable, including but not limited to--

(i) White House documents (e.g., memoranda, e-mails, notes of phone calls, handwritten notes);

(ii) Department of Defense documents;

(iii) Department of Justice materials;

(iv) Department of State documents;

(v) Central Intelligence Agency analyses;

(vi) Defense Intelligence Agency analyses;

(vii) National Security Council memoranda; and

(viii) Special Counsel Patrick Fitgzerald's notes, grand jury materials, and other evidence collected or created as part of the CIA leak investigation.

Source: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.RES.635:

The Select Committee will report back to the Committee on the Judiciary on its findings regarding grounds for impeachment:

SEC. 6. (a) The Select Committee shall report to the House as soon as practicable during the present Congress, but not later than six months after the date of passage of this resolution, the results of its investigation and study, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable. The Select Committee shall report to the Committee on the Judiciary as soon as practicable during the present Congress, but not later than six months after the date of passage of this resolution, of any substantial and credible information which such Select Committee receives in carrying out its responsibilities that may constitute grounds for possible impeachment.

Source: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.RES.635:

Please call your Representatives in Congress at 1-800-426-8073 and urge them to co-sponsor this important bill. Let's create a GROUNDSWELL that no Republican in the House will be able to run from to save their hides!