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Huffington Post: Dan DeWalt - Vermont's Impeachment Resurrection
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Vermont's Impeachment Insurrection (5 comments )
READ MORE: Vermont, Cindy Sheehan, Iraq, John Nichols

Yesterday the citizens of Vermont launched an impeachment insurrection. 40 Vermont towns have now called on Congress to impeach the President and Vice-President. Another 20 or so have passed resolutions calling for our troops to come home now and be taken care of when they get here.

On March 2,3, and 4, Three Vermont Iraq Veterans Against the War, Cindy Sheehan, John Nichols and I toured a dozen Vermont towns rallying Vermonters to support impeachment and to go to town meeting.

The packed crowds who greeted us made it clear that they are sick of waiting and are ready to act. Folks had already organized impeachment forums and debates in mid February. They'd been out distributing literature about the war and impeachment. And those who just came to learn what it was about went away determined to turn that knowledge into action.
And at town meetings, on Tuesday March 6, we got the first taste of their labors.

Ellen McKay, a Middlebury College student, heard our words, wrote a beautiful impeachment resolution, took it to town meeting and, over the objections of the moderator, Republican Governor Jim Douglas, got it passed by unanimous voice vote.

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In the Vermont State House, an impeachment resolution, with 22 co-sponsors, is languishing in the Judiciary committee because the Speaker, Gaye Symington, does not want to act on it. Vermonters are taking their frustration and anger at these tactics, and channeling them into a multipronged campaign to force impeachment onto the table in Montpelier and in Washington D.C.

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