By David Swanson, 8/2/07
Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D., Wisconsin) and Congressman Donald
Payne (D., N.J.) have signed on as cosponsors of H. Res. 333, a bill
proposing articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney,
according to Congressman Dennis Kucinich’s office. Kucinich is the
original sponsor of the bill. Baldwin is the fourth member of the House
Judiciary Committee to have added her name to the bill. A fifth
Judiciary Committee member, Steve Cohen, has thus far signed on only to
a bill proposing the impeachment of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
H Res 333 cosponsors include, in addition to Baldwin, Payne, and
Kucinich: Jan Schakowsky, Maxine Waters, Hank Johnson, Keith Ellison,
Lynn Woolsey, Barbara Lee, Albert Wynn, William Lacy Clay, Yvette
Clarke, Jim McDermott, Jim Moran, Bob Filner, Sam Farr, Robert Brady.
That bill, H. Res. 589 sponsored by Congressman Jay Inslee, has 15
cosponsors in addition to Inslee: Xavier Becerra, Michael Arcuri, Ben
Chandler, Dennis Moore, Bruce Braley, Tom Udall, Earl Blumenauer, Peter
DeFazio, Hank Johnson, Steve Cohen, Keith Ellison, David Wu, Yvette
Clarke, Darlene Hooley, Betty McCollum.
Johnson, Ellison, and Clarke are backing both bills.
Congressmen Jesse Jackson Jr. and Maurice Hinchey have recently said
that they support the impeachment of Cheney and Bush, but have not yet
signed onto any bills.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has opposed impeachment since May
2006, but this week said that if she were not the Speaker she would
probably be backing impeachment, and that impeachment of Gonzales is
clearly merited.